Legal Opinion
Nichols v. Item Publishers, Inc.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 17, 1956PublishedCited by 102 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFuld, J.
This appeal is concerned with the sufficiency of the complaint in a suit for libel. It alleges two causes of action, one on behalf, of the Beverend John H. Nichols, assertedly pastor of the Mt. Zion Baptist Church of Port Chester, and a second on behalf of the church itself. Plaintiffs claim that both were defamed by a news item which appeared in the Daily Item, a Port Chester newspaper owned and operated by defendant. The article purported to report the outcome of certain court actions brought by Beverend Nichols, the church and another person “ against 22 members of the congregation ”. It…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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