Legal Opinion
Fabian v. Amerikai Magyar Szo
New York Supreme Court
Decided February 16, 1960PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtJoseph A. Gavagan, J.
This is a motion in an action for libel to dismiss the complaint for insufficiency. The defendant publishes a Hungarian language weekly newspaper in New York City and other cities in the United States. The plaintiff is the chairman of an organization known as the Federation of Hungarian Former Political Prisoners. The action arises out of the report in the defendant’s newspaper on the visit to the United States in January, 1959 of Anastas I. Mikoyan, First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union. The alleged defamatory statement, as translated in the complaint, reads as follows: “ A *318few…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Sydney v. MacFadden Newspaper Publishing Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1926
- Ostrowe v. LeeNew York Court of Appeals · 1931
- Hoeppner v. Dunkirk Printing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1930
- Gross v. CantorNew York Court of Appeals · 1936
- Hyatt v. SalisburyNew York Supreme Court · 1955
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Fabian v. Amerikai Magyar SzoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1960