Legal Opinion
Jaszai v. Christie's
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 16, 2001PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Wallach, J.
The main question before us on this appeal is whether the highlighted words in a four-paragraph facsimile transmission from defendant Findlay in New York City, on May 3, 1999, to a valued client of defendant Christie’s, Ernst Beyeler, in Basel, Switzerland, sufficiently sustains a cause of action in defamation, or whether it encompasses constitutionally protected opinion:
“In the meantime I had a visit from a gentleman called Mr. Z. K. Jaszai purporting to represent a client wishing to purchase les Noces des Pierrettes [sic] by Picasso. He would not name his…
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