Legal Opinion

Balabanoff v. Hearst Consolidated Publications, Inc.

New York Court of Appeals

Decided July 19, 1945PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDye, J.

The order of Special Term denying a motion to dismiss the complaint has been reversed by the Appellate Division, Second Department, as a matter of law, and is now before us on the question of whether the complaint states a cause of action.

The words complained of appeared in an article published by the defendant in the July 26,1943, issue of its newspaper, New Yorh Journal-American, as follows": “ Mussolini found haven in Lausanne and a job sweeping out the Cafe le Lion d’Or, hangout for Russian revolutionaries, then headed by Angelica Balabanoff, who was later to become secretary to the dread…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Sydney v. MacFadden Newspaper Publishing Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1926
  2. Kimmerle v. New York Evening Journal, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1933
  3. O'Connell v. . Press Publishing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1915
  4. Crashley v. . Press Publishing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1904
  5. Hays v. American Defense Society, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1929

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Mencher v. ChesleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1947
  2. Tracy v. Newsday, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1959
  3. Grant v. Reader's Digest Ass'nCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
  4. Jewell v. NYP Holdings, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1998
  5. Greenberg v. CBS Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1979

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