Legal Opinion
Jacobus v. Trump
New York Supreme Court
Decided January 9, 2017PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Barbara Jaffe, J.
Plaintiff sues defendants to recover damages for alleged defamation. Defendants move pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (7) for an order dismissing the complaint for failure to state a cause of action. Plaintiff opposes.
I. Background
Unless otherwise indicated, the following facts are taken from plaintiff’s complaint, and are accepted as true for purposes of this motion.
Plaintiff is a “political strategist and public relations consultant” and a frequent commentator on television news channels and other media outlets, offering “political opinion and analysis from the…
2Cases cited48 opinions
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- Liberman v. GelsteinNew York Court of Appeals · 1992
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