Legal Opinion

Millus v. Newsday, Inc.

New York Court of Appeals

Decided November 19, 1996PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, with costs, defendants’ motion for summary judgment granted, the complaint dismissed, and the certified question answered in the negative.

Plaintiff commenced this defamation suit against defendants for publishing an allegedly libelous statement about him in the January 24, 1992 issue of New York Newsday. The statement at issue, which appeared in an editorial evaluating and endorsing various candidates for two New York State Assembly positions, declared that the opposing candidate "is running here against…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Rinaldi v. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1977
  3. Immuno AG. v. Moor-JankowskiNew York Court of Appeals · 1991
  4. Brian v. RichardsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1995

3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Mann v. AbelNew York Court of Appeals · 2008
  2. Kipper v. NYP Holdings Co.New York Court of Appeals · 2009
  3. Silverman v. ClarkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
  4. Silverman v. Daily News, L.P.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
  5. Gjonlekaj v. SotAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003

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