Katz v. Gladstone

RULING ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

JOSÉ A. CABRANES, District Judge:

I

BACKGROUND

Plaintiff Mark Katz, a citizen and resident of Pennsylvania, is the author of a book entitled Custer in Photographs, published in 1985. Defendant William Gladstone, a citizen and resident of Connecticut, reviewed the book in a number of periodicals published in the United States. On December 12, 1985, plaintiff filed this diversity action, alleging that defendant's reviews were false and defamatory. Defendant answered and counterclaimed for defamation, based upon a series of letters written by…