Legal Opinion
Cohn v. National Broadcasting Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 5, 1980PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order appealed from should be affirmed for the reasons stated in the opinion of Mr. Justice Fein at the Appellate Division (67 AD2d 140).
We agree with the court below that none of the individual passages of which plaintiffs complain are defamatory as to them. We would add only that in our view the cumulative effect of all of such passages cannot be said to be defamatory. While it is true that the courts " 'will not strain’ to interpret [allegedly defamatory works] 'in their mildest and most inoffensive sense to hold them nonlibelous’ ” (November v Time Inc.,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Mencher v. ChesleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1947
- November v. Time Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1963
- Tracy v. Newsday, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1959
- Cohn v. National Broadcasting Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1979
3Cited by24 opinions
- Dillon v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
- Kirch v. Liberty Media Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2006
- Kirch v. Liberty Media Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2006
- Greenberg v. SpitzerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
- Contemporary Mission, Inc. v. New York Times Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1987
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