Legal Opinion
American Radio Ass'n v. A. S. Abell Co.
New York Supreme Court
Decided March 13, 1968PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJacob Markowitz, J.
This is a motion by defendants in a libel action to dismiss the complaint for lack of jurisdiction. The corporate defendant, a Maryland corporation, is the publisher of the Baltimore Sun. The individual defendant is a columnist on that paper, and it is alleged that the defamatory material appeared in her columns in that paper.
It is the declared public policy of this State that jurisdiction may not be obtained under the so-called “ long-arm ” statute in defamation actions based on tortious acts committed within the State or without the State causing injury within the State (CPLR 302, subd.…
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