Schwimmer v. Fox
New York Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtMcCook, J.
This is a motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a cause of action. Plaintiff, a publicist and lecturer, alleges that the defendants falsely and maliciously incorporated the following in a book published by them: “ I asked W. F. what had been his previous experiences with Ford; for I had noted my subject’s peculiar way of forgetting the enemies he has made, and how he has made them. I succeeded in dredging out of his memory three Henry Ford stories. Two of them have nothing to do with this book, but may serve some future historian with a taste for oddities. The third I think…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Sydney v. MacFadden Newspaper Publishing Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1926
- Triggs v. Sun Printing & Publishing Ass'nNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
- O'Connell v. . Press Publishing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1915
- Briarcliff Lodge Hotel, Inc. v. Citizen-Sentinel Publishers, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1932
- Morey v. Morning Journal Ass'nNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
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- Sweeney v. United Feature Syndicate, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1939
- Schwimmer v. FoxAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1934