Legal Opinion
MacHleder v. Diaz
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 4, 1985No. 79 Civ. 4373 (PKL)PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION
LEISURE, District Judge:
The complaint in this diversity action asserted claims for compensatory and punitive damages for libel, slander, invasion of privacy, trespass and assault and battery. The claims arose out of the May 22, 1979 broadcast by WCBS-TV of a report about the dumping of chemical wastes on a certain lot adjacent to Avenue P in Newark, New Jersey. The report was prepared by Arnold Diaz, the station’s New Jersey reporter.
Applying New Jersey law, Judge Duffy dismissed two of the three invasion of privacy claims and the trespass claim upon defendants’ summary judgment…
2Cases cited58 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Carey v. PiphusSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1964
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Machleder v. DiazCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1986
- Fischer v. HooperSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1999
- Ethicon, Inc. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1990
- Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. v. JacobsonDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1986
- Airlines Reporting Corp. v. Grecian Travel, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1995
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