Legal Opinion
Armstrong v. Simon & Schuster, Inc.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 28, 1995PublishedCited by 112 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Kaye.
This libel action arises out of the past decade of insider trading scandals and Wall Street intrigue, when the media was filled with reports of arbitrageur Ivan Boesky’s stock schemes, investment banker Michael Milken’s deployment of junk bonds in deals for Drexel Burnham Lambert, and "the country’s most expensive, aggressive lawyers [who] maneuvered frantically on behalf of their powerful clients.” So advertised the dustcover of "Den of Thieves,” a book written by defendant James B. Stewart, edited by defendant Laurie P. Cohen, and published in 1991 by…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Strada v. Connecticut Newspapers, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
- Memphis Publishing Co. v. NicholsTennessee Supreme Court · 1978
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