Legal Opinion
Crane v. New York World Telegram Corp.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 28, 1955PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFtjld, J.
On December 6, 1951, there appeared in a column of the New York World-Telegram and The Sun, a newspaper of wide daily circulation, this item:
“ ‘ John Crane, former president of the UFA now under indictment, isn’t waiting for his own legal developments. Meanwhile his lawyers are launching a $,$$$,$$$ defamation suit.’ ”
The present action for libel followed; the individual defendant is the columnist who wrote the piece, the corporate defendant, the" owner and publisher of the paper. The answer which defendants interposed includes two separate defenses, one complete, the other partial, both…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Mencher v. ChesleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1947
- Fleckenstein v. FriedmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1934
- Cafferty v. . Southern Tier Publishing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1919
- Crane v. . BennettNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
- Mattice v. . WilcoxNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
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- Tracy v. Newsday, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1959
- Johnson Publishing Co. v. DavisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1960
- Herrmann v. Newark Morning Ledger Co.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1958
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