Ratisher v. Chernick

The defendant in a libel action moves for summary judgment.

Queensview Community, Inc., is a membership corporation whose members are stockholders and residents of a co-operative housing development consisting of 14 apartment houses, known as Joint Queensview Housing Enterprise, Inc. Each apartment house has a building council, and the members residing in each are members of the particular council. There is also a community council, consisting of 28 members known as building-representatives, two of whom are elected by each of the 14 building councils.

At a joint meeting held on December 17,…