Legal Opinion
Phillips v. Murchison
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 25, 1966No. 61 Civ. 713PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RYAN, Chief Judge.
Defendant John Murchison has moved under Rule 56(b) F.R.Civ.P. for summary judgment dismissing the amended and supplemental complaint with prejudice upon the ground that the matter complained of in the pending counts of the said complaint are absolutely privileged as a matter of law under Section 337 of C.P.A. (now Sec. 74 of the Civil Rights Law). This privilege has been pleaded as an affirmative defense to all counts. 1
Plaintiff has moved for an order “vacating that part of this Court’s memorandum and order of May 8, 1964 [by Judge Dawson] dismissing Counts 1, 2, 3, 8, 13…
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- Campbell v. New York Evening Post, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1927
- Briarcliff Lodge Hotel, Inc. v. Citizen-Sentinel Publishers, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1932
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- Edmiston v. Time, IncorporatedDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1966
- Karp v. Hill & Knowlton, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1986
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