Legal Opinion
Mencher v. Chesley
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 16, 1947PublishedCited by 196 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFuld, J.
In August, 1944, following his dismissal as Chairman of the War Price and Rationing Board for the Borough of The Bronx, defendant issued a statement to the press in the course of which he made certain remarks about plaintiff, who was then in charge of the Information Division of the Regional Office of Price Administration. Claiming that the statement falsely charges him (1) with being a communist, having communist affiliations and sympathies, and (2) with having improperly and unfaithfully performed his official duties, plaintiff sues for libel.
Whether or no the complaint states a cause of…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Peck v. Tribune Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1909
- Sydney v. MacFadden Newspaper Publishing Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1926
- Briarcliff Lodge Hotel, Inc. v. Citizen-Sentinel Publishers, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1932
- Hoeppner v. Dunkirk Printing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1930
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3Cited by196 opinions
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- United States v. RosenbergCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952
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