Legal Opinion
Steward v. World-Wide Automobiles Corp.
New York Supreme Court
Decided July 8, 1959PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJ. Irwin Shapiro, J.
The defendants move to dismiss each of the five causes of action set forth in the complaint upon the ground of insufficiency. The first four are pleaded on behalf of the plaintiff Clifford Steward, and the fifth on behalf of his wife V'eronica Steward.
The first three causes of action are substantially the same; they deal with slanders allegedly uttered by the defendants in June, September and October, 1957. The June utterance was in the -following words: “‘He (meaning plaintiff, Clifford steward) has a police record as long as your arm; he has been arrested *190many times, and is a notorious…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- United States v. KisselSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Andrew J. Aikens v. State of WisconsinSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Hornstein v. PodwitzNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
- Advance Music Corp. v. American Tobacco Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1946
- American Bank & Trust Co. v. Federal Reserve Bank of AtlantaSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Mack v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1986
- Board of Education of Farmingdale Union Free School District v. Farmingdale Classroom Teachers Ass'nAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1974
- Lauter v. W & J SLOANE, INC.District Court, S.D. New York · 1976
- Sacco v. Herald Statesman, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1961
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