Legal Opinion
Mcinerney v. New York World Telegram Corp.
New York Supreme Court
Decided December 17, 1937PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtSteinbrink, J.
This' is a motion to strike out the first separate defense as insufficient in law or, in the alternative, to strike out certain paragraphs of the answer as irrelevant, prejudicial and improper in form.
The complaint sets forth a cause of action in libel based upon the following editorial published by the defendant: “ Mayor and Judges. In refusing to reappoint Special Sessions Justice Hyman Bayfiel, Mayor LaGuardia again proves he meant exactly what he said a year ago last April after Justices Bayfiel, Thomas F. McAndrews and James McInerney arrested sentence in the case *227of John J. Sullivan,…
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- Foley v. Press Publishing Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1929
- Dinkelspiel v. New York Evening Journal Publishing Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
- McAvoy v. Press Publishing Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914
- People v. SullivanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1935
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- Dolcin Corp. v. Reader's Digest Ass'nAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1959