Legal Opinion
600 West 115th Street Corp. v. Von Gutfeld
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 25, 1991PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Ross, J.
The issue presented is whether the oral statements of the defendant concerning the plaintiff corporation, made during a public meeting of a Manhattan Community Board, are defamatory or constitutionally protected expressions of opinion.
In 1985, an apartment building (building), located at 600 West 115th Street, Manhattan, converted to cooperative ownership. On the street level of that building are four commercial condominium units, which together with the cooperative residential units, comprise a condominium governed by a board of managers (Board).
Since 1987, one of…
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