Legal Opinion
Anderson v. New York Telephone Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 6, 1973PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGoldman, P. J.
Plaintiff appeals from a judgment dismissing his complaints on defendant’s motion at the close of all the evidence upon the joint trial of his two libel actions. The appeal presents the question of the propriety of the trial court’s action in denying the jury the right to pass upon the liability of defendant telephone company for the transmission by one of its subscribers of allegedly defamatory recorded messages concerning the plaintiff.
The plaintiff was appointed in 1968 Presiding Bishop of the Church of God in Christ in Western New York, a lifetime position. He had been a student minister…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Time, Inc. v. Frank RaganoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Miller v. Argus Publishing Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1971
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- Lunney v. Prodigy Services Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1999
- Mason v. Western Union Telegraph Co.California Court of Appeal · 1975
- Rowe v. MetzColorado Court of Appeals · 1977
- Lunney v. Prodigy Services Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998