Legal Opinion
Yesner v. Spinner
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided May 25, 1991No. CV-90-3547 (ADS)PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER
SPATT, District Judge.
This litigation arises out of a dispute between two court reporters concerning work that one reporter subcontracted with the other to perform. The dispute culminated in a letter being sent by the defendant to the Federation of Shorthand Reporters claiming that the plaintiff has a “practice of modifying transcripts” and that he “refus[es] to pay for the agreed upon rates”. It is these two statements that form the basis of this defamation action.
The defendant moves pursuant to Fed.R. Civ.P. 56(b) for summary judgment to dismiss the complaint as…
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