Legal Opinion

Spahn v. Julian Messner, Inc.

New York Court of Appeals

Decided December 28, 1967PublishedCited by 49 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtKeating, J.

Again before us is this appeal by the defendant — author, Milton Shapiro, and his publisher, the defendant Julian Messner, Inc., from an order of the Appellate Division (First Department) unanimously affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court (Markowitz, J.) enjoining the publication and dissemination of the book “ The Warren Spahn Story” and awarding the plaintiff $10,000 in damages.

On July 7, 1967, in conformance with the mandate of the Supreme Court of the United States, we vacated our prior order of affirmance (18 N Y 2d 324) and ordered that the case be set down for reargument in light of…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Time, Inc. v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Epton v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  4. Spahn v. Julian Messner, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1964

3Cited by49 opinions

  1. Andrea Dworkin Priscilla Moree Judith Fouts v. Hustler Magazine Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
  2. Rinaldi v. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1977
  3. Jackie Collins Lerman v. Flynt Distributing Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
  4. Briscoe v. Reader's Digest Association, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1971
  5. Michael Meeropol and Robert Meeropol v. Louis Nizer, Doubleday & Co., Inc. And Fawcett Publications, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977

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