Legal Opinion
Roma v. Newspaper Consolidated Corp.
New York Supreme Court
Decided November 7, 1963PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJacob Markowitz, J.
Motion by certain defendants to vacate notices of examination before trial, served upon them by plaintiff in this libel action. Prior to the adoption of the new Civil Practice Law and Buies, pretrial examinations, in this Department, were not favored in this type of action, upon public policy grounds. (See Supreme Court Bules, New York County, Trial Term, rule XI; Olian v. Random House, 205 Misc. 878; Kollsman Instrument Corp. v. Daily Mirror, 7 A D 2d 975; Murphy v. New York World-Tel. Corp., 8 A D 2d 800.) This practice was not universally followed in all the cases, some of which recognized…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Mason v. New York Review Publishing Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
- Olian v. Random House, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1954
3Cited by2 opinions
- Montgomery Ward Co. v. City of LockportNew York Supreme Court · 1964
- Baczmaga v. ReynoldsNew York Supreme Court · 1965