Legal Opinion
Daniel Goldreyer, Ltd. v. Dow Jones & Co.
New York Supreme Court
Decided July 6, 1998Published
1Opinion of the Court
*310OPINION OF THE COURT
Edward J. Greenfield, J.
In this case plaintiff, a New York art conservator and restoration specialist, sues Dow Jones & Company, Inc. (Dow Jones), the publisher of the Wall Street Journal (Journal), for libel for an article published about him and his work on December 24, 1991.
Plaintiff had been engaged by the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam to try to repair and restore a valuable abstract expressionistic painting by the noted American artist Barnett Newman, which had been badly slashed by a vandal. Plaintiff was a well-known restorer who was recommended for the job by…
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- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Masson v. New Yorker Magazine, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Time, Inc. v. FirestoneSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Rinaldi v. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1977
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