Legal Opinion
Rubinstein v. New York Post Corp.
New York Supreme Court
Decided January 4, 1985PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Edward J. Greenfield, J.
When Mark Twain’s obituary was erroneously published, he is reported to have commented with a chuckle: “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.”
When the New York Post and the New York Daily News published an obituary notice for David Rubinstein, aged 37, who was alive and well and living in Brooklyn, Mr. Rubinstein was not amused. Indeed, he claims that he was mortified, and not only did he demand a retraction, but claiming to have “sustained severe and painful injuries, both internal and external, and suffered severe mental and nervous…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Murphy v. American Home Products Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1983
- Burns Jackson Miller Summit & Spitzer v. LindnerNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Decker v. Princeton Packet, Inc.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1989
- Kelly v. Chase Manhattan BankDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1989
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- Druschke v. Banana Republic, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 2005
- Vaill v. Oneida Dispatch Corp.New York Supreme Court · 1985
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