Legal Opinion
Block v. New York Times Co.
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided August 3, 2016No. CIVIL ACTION NO. 14-2200Published
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND REASONS
SECTION ‘B‘(4)
Ivan L.R. Lemelle, SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Before the Court is Defendants’ “Special Motion to Strike.” Rec. Doc. 35. Plaintiff, Walter Block (hereinafter “Block” or “Plaintiff’), filed a Memorandum in Opposition. Rec. Doc. 48. The Court then granted leave for both Plaintiff and Defendants to file supplemental memoranda. Rec. Doc. 53, 55. For the reasons outlined below,
IT IS ORDERED that the Motion is GRANTED.
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2Cases cited16 opinions
- Masson v. New Yorker Magazine, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Costello v. HardySupreme Court of Louisiana · 2004
- Hobart N. Crocker, Jr. v. Piedmont Aviation, Inc., Hobart N. Crocker, Jr. v. Piedmont Aviation, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1995
- Sassone v. ElderSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
- United States v. MatthewsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2002
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