Legal Opinion
Cibenko v. Worth Publishers, Inc.
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided March 23, 1981No. Civ. 80-3009PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WHIPPLE, Senior District Judge.
This matter is before the Court on the motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim filed by defendant Worth Publishers, Inc. (hereinafter “Worth”). F.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6). Alternatively, Worth has filed a motion for summary judgment on the ground that the action is untimely under the appropriate statute of limitations for libel and right of privacy actions. F.R. Civ.P. 56.
Plaintiff is a New York/New Jersey Port Authority police officer. He complains of a defamatory picture and caption published by Worth in a college-level sociology textbook entitled Sociology.…
2Cases cited13 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
- Washington Post Co. v. ChalonerSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Alfred R. Pierce v. Capital Cities Communications, Inc., a Pennsylvania Corporation, and Richard KellmanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
- Henry v. Richardson-Merrell, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by56 opinions
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- Leslie Fudge v. Penthouse International, Ltd., Leslie Fudge v. Penthouse International, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
- Romaine v. KallingerSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1988
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