Sands v. News America Publishing Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Ellerin, J.
In this defamation action, plaintiff appeals from the IAS court’s denial of numerous discovery requests to which the media defendants objected on various grounds including the Shield Law (Civil Rights Law § 79-h) and the litigation material exception to CPLR 3101.
The underlying action involves an article entitled "The Mob & The Machine”, written by the defendant Nicholas Pileggi, which appeared in the May 5, 1986 issue of New York magazine of which defendant News America Publishing Inc. is the publisher. Published at a time of intense publicity regarding…
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