Legal Opinion
Rinaldi v. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Inc.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 14, 1977PublishedCited by 391 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJasen, J.
This is an action for defamation. The plaintiff is a Justice of the Supreme Court, Second Judicial District. His complaint alleges that he was libeled in the book, "Cruel and Unusual Justice”, authored by defendant Jack Newfield and published by defendant Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Inc. After extensive pretrial discovery, defendants moved for summary judgment. Their motion was denied by Special Term. The Appellate Division, by a closely divided court, affirmed (53 AD2d 839), but granted defendants leave to appeal to our court upon a certified question.
The issue before us is whether plaintiff…
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