Legal Opinion
Street Beat Sportswear, Inc. v. National Mobilization Against Sweatshops
New York Supreme Court
Decided October 8, 1999PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Sheila Abdus-Salaam, J.
This is an action brought by a women’s clothing manufacturer against individual garment factory workers, two nonprofit organizations, and officials of the nonprofit organizations. Plaintiff Street Beat claims that defendants caused two retailers, Sears Roebuck & Co. (Sears) and Charming Shoppes/ Fashion Bug (Charming Shoppes), to stop buying goods from Street Beat through a publicity campaign of falsely claiming that Sears and Charming Shoppes profit from goods made for plaintiff in sweatshops. The alleged purpose of this publicity effort was “to…
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