Legal Opinion
Baker v. Galusha
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 27, 2014Published
1Opinion of the CourtLahtinen, J.
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Krogmann, J.), entered October 11, 2012 in Warren County, which denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
In 2009, plaintiff ran for Town Supervisor of the Town of Warrensburg in Warren County, a position he had previously held from 1988 to 1997. During the campaign, a political advertisement appeared in a local newspaper that included comments about defendant, who was the Superintendent of the Town’s public works department. Defendant took offense to those comments. The advertisement indicated that it had been paid for…
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- Silsdorf v. LevineNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- Thomas H. v. Paul B.New York Court of Appeals · 2012
- Kipper v. NYP Holdings Co.New York Court of Appeals · 2009
- Curren v. Carbonic Systems, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
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