Legal Opinion
Mt. Ivy Press, L.P. v. Defonseca
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided April 29, 2014No. 13-P-606PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKantrowitz, J.
This is the third, and hopefully the last, of a trilogy of cases that have played out before us.3 Having twice before considered issues relating to the publication of the defend*242ant’s memoir of survival during the Holocaust (the details of which have now been revealed as false), we are now asked to decide whether it was proper for the court below to vacate a substantial judgment against the plaintiffs. We conclude that it was.
Facts. In 1995, Misha Defonseca entered into an agreement with plaintiff Jane Daniel and her company, Mt. Ivy Press, L.P. (Mt. Ivy), to publish a memoir of her…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Hazel-Atlas Glass Co. v. Hartford-Empire Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Sahin v. SahinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
- Locator Services Group, Ltd. v. Treasurer & Receiver GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
- Owens v. MukendiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2006
- Lee v. Mt. Ivy Press, L.P.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 2005
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Lee v. Daniel (In re Daniel)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 2017
- Harvard 45 Associates, LLC v. BishayMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 2015