Devany v. Shulman

Motion by defendant Shulman to dismiss the complaint on the ground of legal insufficiency.

This is a suit in libel, based on the publication in the July 20, 1944, issue of the Jewish Review of an article in which plaintiff asserts he is accused of being anti-Semitic, aligned with the Nazis and a supporter of Fascism.

The article in question, an editorial, criticizes the political views and the record of the plaintiff, a candidate in a congressional primary campaign. Nothing, however, can be found in it which in any way reflects on the character of the plaintiff or his private life.

There appears…