Legal Opinion · Dissent
Macy v. New York World-Telegram Corp.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 8, 1957Published
1DissentDye, J.
In this libel action the plaintiff, W. Kingsland Macy (hereinafter Macy), has a judgment entered on a jury verdict in the amount of $50,000 against the defendant, New York World-Telegram Corporation, publisher of a New York City newspaper known as The New York World-Telegram and the Sun (hereinafter Telegram), which the Appellate Division, First Department, has unanimously affirmed, without opinion. The Telegram has appealed to this court by our permission.
The action has its genesis in the Hanley letter episode of the 1950 gubernatorial campaign. It appears without dispute that, for some time…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Mencher v. ChesleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1947
- Scott v. Times-Mirror Co.California Supreme Court · 1919
- Triggs v. Sun Printing & Publishing Ass'nNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
- Kimmerle v. New York Evening Journal, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1933
- O'Connell v. . Press Publishing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1915
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