Legal Opinion
Meeropol v. Nizer
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 31, 1974No. 73 Civ. 2720 HRTPublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TYLER, District Judge.
Defendants Louis Nizer (“Nizer”) and Doubleday & Company, Inc. (“Doubleday”) have moved for summary'judgment pursuant to Rule 56, F.R.Civ.P., dismissing the second count of the complaint in which plaintiffs Michael Meeropol and Robert Meeropol (“the Meeropols”) seek $1,000,000 in damages for alleged defamation and invasion of plaintiffs’ privacy by reason of statements appearing in the book entitled The Implosion Conspiracy, written by the defendant Nizer and published by the defendant Doubleday. For the reasons stated below, the motion is granted.
Plaintiffs are…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Dombrowski v. PfisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by57 opinions
- Strada v. Connecticut Newspapers, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
- Crump v. Beckley Newspapers, Inc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1984
- Romaine v. KallingerSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1988
- Michael Meeropol and Robert Meeropol v. Louis Nizer, Doubleday & Co., Inc. And Fawcett Publications, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- Providence Journal Co. v. Federal Bureau of InvestigationDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1978
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