Legal Opinion
Masson v. New Yorker Magazine, Inc.
District Court, N.D. California
Decided September 9, 1993No. C-84-7548 EFLPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
LYNCH, District Judge.
I. Introduction
The facts regarding defendant Janet Malcolm’s extensive interviews of plaintiff Jeffrey Masson as a subject of a lengthy profile, defendant New Yorker’s publication of the profile in a two-part series, and plaintiffs contention that the article defamed him by falsely quoting him have been fully set forth by this Court and the other courts which have considered this action. See Masson v. New Yorker Magazine, Inc., 686 F.Supp. 1396 (N.D.Cal.1987); Masson v. New Yorker Magazine, Inc., 895 F.2d 1535 (9th Cir.1989); Masson v. New Yorker…
2Cases cited46 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Curtiss-Wright Corp. v. General Electric Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Robert C. McFarlane v. Esquire MagazineCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1996
- Jeffrey M. Masson v. The New Yorker Magazine, Inc. Janet Malcolm Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
- Psihoyos v. Pearson Education, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 2012
- Pereira v. CoganDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2002
- Dove v. PNS Stores, Inc.District Court, C.D. California · 1997
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