Legal Opinion
Vocational Guidance Manuals, Inc. v. United Newspaper Magazine Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 28, 1952PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCohn, J.
The action is for damages for libel. Plaintiff, a corporation, is a publisher of a vocational guidance manual. The article complained of was published by defendant United Newspaper Magazine Corporation, and was distributed by the other two defendants-appellants. It bears a large, half-page illustration of two men and a housewife. One of the men carries in his pocket a piece of paper labelled “ Order ”; the other man carries two books labelled “ Encyclopedia of Useless Information ”. The point of the article is evidenced by its title “ Look Out For Doorbell Bandits ” and is apparently intended…
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