Legal Opinion

O'Neil v. Peekskill Faculty Ass'n

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided October 14, 1986PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Spatt, J.

This appeal concerns the legal sufficiency of a libel action based on the allegation that the plaintiff made a "racial slur” during the heat of labor negotiations.

On the evening of March 16, 1983, after some 11 months of contract negotiations between the Peekskill School District (hereinafter the school district) and the defendant Peekskill Faculty Association (hereinafter the association) an impasse was reached. Representing the school district were the plaintiff Terence O’Neil, a labor lawyer and its chief negotiator, and Marguerite Kronheim, the school…

2Cases cited33 opinions

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  2. Zuckerman v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
  3. Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
  4. Rosenblatt v. BaerSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  5. Linn v. United Plant Guard Workers of America, Local 114Supreme Court of the United States · 1966

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3Cited by16 opinions

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