State of Israel v. St. Martin's Press, Inc.

Motion by defendant St. Martin’s Press Inc. granted and the temporary restraining order vacated pursuant to CPLR 5518, without costs. This court’s order of September 12, 1990, which sealed the motion papers, is vacated.

On the papers submitted, plaintiff has failed to substantiate the requisite element for a temporary restraining order, that of irreparable injury. Its claim that the safety of Israeli intelligence agents is endangered by defendants’ further acts of publication and dissemination of the book, "By Way of Deception” has not been sufficiently supported. Plaintiff has failed to…