Robert Van Buskirk v. The New York Times Co., a New York Corporation, and John L. Plaster, Individually

POOLER, Circuit Judge.

Robert Van Buskirk sued The New York Times Co. (“the Times”) and John L. Plaster for hbel. The suit against the Times arose from an editorial page article. The suit against Plaster arose from a letter Plaster wrote and posted on an Internet site. Whiile the suit against the Times was filed within the one-year statute of limitations New York imposes for hbel actions, the suit against Plaster was not filed within one year of the date Plaster first published his letter on the Internet. Under New York’s single publication rule, the statute of limitations begins to accrue on…