Weiner v. Doubleday & Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Ross, J.
We are presented, in this libel action, with the issue of whether unflattering references allegedly referring to the plaintiff, who is a practicing psychologist, which appear in a nonfiction book are defamatory or are constitutionally protected expressions of opinion.
Ms. Shana Alexander, in 1985, wrote a book entitled: Nutcracker: Money, Madness, Murder: A Family Album (book), which was published in hardcover by Doubleday & Company, Inc. (Doubleday), a New York corporation, with its principal office located in New York County.
The book purports to be a nonfiction…
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