FLAMM v. AMERICAN ASS'N OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN

Docket No. 99-7085.

201 F.3d 144 (2000)

Leonard N. FLAMM, Esq., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN and The AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 4, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman Mednick, New York City (Eden M. Fitzgibbons, Jill Schwartz, Leonard N. Flamm, Law Offices of Leonard N. Flamm, New York City, of counsel), for Appellant.

Laura R. Handman, New York City (Carolyn K. Foley, Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP, Michael T. Walsh, Walsh & Sheehan, LLP, New York City, of counsel), for Appellees.

Before: MESKILL, MINER and PARKER, Circuit Judges.


MESKILL, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Leonard N. Flamm, Esq., appeals a decision of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Chin, J., dismissing his defamation action for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. The district court held that the statement challenged by Flamm was non-actionable opinion, protected under the First Amendment and the Constitution of the state of New York. However, even though appellees, who...

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