Legal Opinion
Holy Spirit Ass'n for the Unification of World Christianity v. Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc.
New York Supreme Court
Decided January 9, 1979PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Edward J. Greenfield, J.
In the book, "Gods and Beasts, The Nazis and the Occult,” the author, defendant Dusty Sklar, traces the evolution of Nazism. In the last chapter, entitled "The Dangers of Occult Thinking”, the author draws parallels between Nazism and present day occult groups including the Reverend Sun Myung Moon’s Unification Church.
The references to the Unification Church in the book, which has sold only a little over 2,000 copies, have given rise to the case at bar, in which the Unification Church seeks to recover $2,000,000 in compensatory damages and…
2Cases cited8 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
- Shapiro v. Health Insurance Plan of Greater New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1959
- Trails West, Inc. v. WolffNew York Court of Appeals · 1973
- Guitar v. Westinghouse Electric CorporationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1975
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- Farkas v. Tarrytown Lumber, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
- DeLuca v. New York News, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1981
- Gallas v. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North & South AmericaNew York Supreme Court · 1991
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