Contemporary Mission, Inc. v. New York Times Co.

FEINBERG, Chief Judge:

Contemporary Mission, Inc., a not-for-profit organization of Catholic priests with its principal place of business in Connecticut, and four of its member priests — Father Patrick J. Berkery, Father Robert J. Cassidy, Father John F. Coyne and Father John T. O’Reilly (collectively, the priests)— appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Vincent L. Broderick, J., dismissing, on motion by The New York Times Company (the Times) for summary judgment, appellants’ defamation action against the Times. The action was based…