Legal Opinion
First United Fund Ltd. v. American Banker, Inc.
New York Supreme Court
Decided February 6, 1985PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Eli Wager, J.
In this libel action, the defendants move for a protective order striking certain of plaintiffs’ interrogatories and the plaintiffs cross-move for an order compelling answers. The media defendants urge the court to enunciate a “reporter’s privilege” under the State and Federal Constitutions, while the plaintiffs, asserting that the burden of proof imposed upon them by New York Times Co. v Sullivan (376 US 254 [1964]) and its progeny entitles them to broad disclosure, resist limitations including those which may be imposed by the Constitution, the Shield Law or…
2Cases cited26 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
- St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Herbert v. LandoSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. TornilloSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Knight-Ridder Broadcasting, Inc. v. GreenbergNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
- Sands v. News America Publishing Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
- Clean Earth Remediation & Construction Services, Inc. v. American International Group, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 2007
- City of New York v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1988