Donald J. TRUMP, Plaintiff-Respondent,
v.
Timothy L. O'BRIEN, Time Warner Book Group, Inc., and Warner Books, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.
Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued October 24, 2007.
Decided October 24, 2008.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Mark S. Melodia (Reed Smith, LLP), Princeton and Mary Jo White (Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP) of the New York bar, admitted pro hac vice, New York City, argued the cause for appellants (Reed Smith, LLP and Ms. White, Andrew J. Ceresney and Andrew M. Levine (Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP) of the New York bar, admitted pro hac vice, attorneys, New York City; Mr. Melodia, James F. Dial, Kellie A. Lavery, Princeton, Ms. White, Mr. Ceresney, and Mr. Levine, on the brief).
William M. Tambussi (Brown & Connery, LLP), Westmont and Mark P. Ressler (Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, LLP) of the New York bar, admitted pro hac vice, New York City, argued the cause for respondent (Brown & Connery, LLP and Mr. Ressler and Marc E. Kasowitz (Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, LLP) of the New York bar, admitted pro hac vice, attorneys, New York City; Mr. Tambussi, William F. Cook, Westmont, Mr. Ressler, and Mr. Kasowitz, on the brief).
Joel Kurtzberg (Cahill Gordon & Reindel, LLP) of the New York bar, admitted pro hac vice, New York City, argued the cause for amicus curiae Media Amici (Mr. Kurtzberg and Floyd Abrams (Cahill Gordon & Reindel, LLP) of the New York bar, admitted pro hac vice, on the brief).
Before Judges AXELRAD, PAYNE and SAPP-PETERSON.
Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.
The opinion of the court was delivered by
PAYNE, J.A.D.
In January 2006, Donald Trump filed suit in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Camden County, against Timothy O'Brien and his publisher,1 claiming that O'Brien defamed him by reporting, in his 2005 biographical book, TrumpNation, that "[t]hree people with direct knowledge of Donald's finances, people who had worked closely with him for years, told me that they thought...
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