Legal Opinion
Gross v. New York Times Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 21, 1993PublishedCited by 269 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Titone, J.
This dispute has its origin in a series of investigative reports published by defendant New York Times between January of 1985 and February of 1986. The articles in question charged plaintiff, the former Chief Medical Examiner of the City of New York, with having mishandled several high profile cases and having used his authority to protect police officers and other city officials from suspicion after individuals in their custody had died under questionable circumstances. Defendants’ articles spawned four separate criminal investigations into plaintiff’s conduct,…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1990
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