Legal Opinion
Commercial Programming Unlimited v. Columbia Broadcasting Systems, Inc.
New York Supreme Court
Decided March 24, 1975PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbraham J. Gellinoff, J.
Defendants in this defamation action move for summary judgment. The undisputed facts show that in December, 1973, and in April, 1974, defendant John Stossel, a reporter and news broadcaster for defendant Columbia Broadcasting Systems, Inc. (CBS), published a tele*679vised report about computer programming schools. His account concerned the industry generally, with particular emphasis on plaintiff Commercial Programming Unlimited, of which plaintiff Walter Small is principal owner.
Plaintiffs complain specifically about the following statements made by Stossel, in his December report on CBS’s New…
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