United States Second Circuit

Article that included critical statements about defendant made by third parties cannot be the basis for libel when it thoroughly written and presented the statements as accusations.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/06/1999
• Decided 01/12/2001
• Published 01/12/2001

Judges

• JOHN M. WALKER, Jr., Chief Judge:, Before JOHN M. WALKER, Jr., Chief Judge, CABRANES and PARKER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Burt Neuborne, Eric M. Lieberman, Andrew J. Fields, Scott T. Johnson, Rabinowitz, Boudin, Standard, Krinsky & Lieberman, New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant., Floyd Abrams, Dean Ringel, Janet A. Beer, Cahill Gordon & Reindel, Robin Bierstedt, Time Inc., New York, NY, for Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee and Defendant-Appellees.