Hogan v. Herald Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Simons, J. P.
Plaintiff brings this action seeking $2,000,000 compensatory and punitive damages claiming injury as the result of a defamatory news article written by defendant Sperber and published by his employer, defendant Herald Company, in its newspaper, the Syracuse Herald-Journal. The article repeated a false claim that plaintiff had been arrested for criminal mischief. Defendants moved for summary judgment and the motion was denied as to the libel cause of action.1 They appeal, contending that Special Term erred in that (1) the news article was a matter of legitimate…
2Cases cited26 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
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Rinaldi v. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1977
- Chapadeau v. Utica Observer-Dispatch, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1975
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- Matherson v. MarchelloAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
- Weiner v. Doubleday & Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1989
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