Legal Opinion
Loeb v. New Times Communications Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 22, 1980No. 75 Civ. 4727PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
OWEN, District Judge.
Plaintiff William Loeb brought this libel action against New Times Communications Corp. (“New Times”), publisher of New Times magazine, and two reporters, Robert Sam Anson and Gordon L. Weil. The subject of this suit is an article written by defendants Anson and Weil entitled “Citizen Loeb,” which appeared in New Times magazine on January 10, 1975. The article is a profile of Loeb. It contains anecdotes and commentary by the authors and others which are uniformly critical of Loeb’s personal characteristics and behavior, as well as his business…
2Cases cited28 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
- Poller v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Strada v. Connecticut Newspapers, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
- San Antonio Express News v. Dracos, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1996
- Cibenko v. Worth Publishers, Inc.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1981
- Sharon v. Time, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1984
- Lohrenz, Carey v. Donnelly, ElaineCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2003
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