Legal Opinion
Scott v. Cooper
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 1, 1996PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for defamation, the defendant Robert Cooper appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Seidell, J.), dated December 22, 1994, which, inter alia, denied his motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The plaintiff Thomas L. Scott, the Chief of Police of East Hampton, commenced this action to recover damages for allegedly defamatory statements made by the defendant Robert Cooper, a Town Councilman in East Hampton, to two local newspapers. In the two newspaper articles, the defendant accused…
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