Legal Opinion
Chapadeau v. Utica Observer-Dispatch, Inc.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 4, 1975PublishedCited by 281 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWachtler, J.
This appeal concerns the granting of summary judgment in favor of the defendant in a defamation action. Appellant, Chapadeau, is a public school teacher who was arrested in Utica on June 10, 1971 and charged with criminal possession of a hypodermic instrument and criminal possession of a dangerous drug, heroin, in the fourth degree. The next day, respondent’s newspaper, The Utica Observer-Dispatch, reported Chapadeau’s arrest in an article which also related that two Herkimer men had been arrested on misdemeanor drug charges. After reporting the three arrests the newspaper account went on to…
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