Legal Opinion
Three Amigos SJL Rest., Inc. v. CBS News Inc.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 25, 2016No. 131PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Pigott, J.
The issue in this defamation case is whether certain statements made by defendants during a news broadcast were “of and concerning” the plaintiffs. The underlying events occurred on November 30, 2011, when federal authorities raided the Cheetah Club (Cheetah’s) in Manhattan. Authorities believed Cheetah’s was one of several strip clubs involved in a trafficking ring in which members of the Bonanno and Gambino crime families illegally brought Russian and eastern European women into the United States. The investigation was dubbed “Operation Dancing Brides” because…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Kirch v. Liberty Media Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2006
- Julian v. American Business Consultants, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1956
- Gross v. CantorNew York Court of Appeals · 1936
- Brady v. Ottaway Newspapers, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981
- Hays v. American Defense Society, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1929
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- Palin v. New York Times Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 2017
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