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LEERS v. GREEN

24 N.J. 239 (1957)

131 A.2d 781

FRANK A. LEERS, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. BENJAMIN GREEN, FRANK J. CUCCIO, JOHN E. ENGEL, GEORGE R. HOLLENBECK, WALTER J. OCHSNER AND FRED W. PFISTER, THE HUDSON DISPATCH, AND THE EVENING NEWS PUBLISHING COMPANY AND WILLIAM J. KOHM, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided May 6, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Harry Green argued the cause for the appellant.

Mr. Charles L. Bertini argued the cause for the defendants-respondents Benjamin Green, Frank J. Cuccio, George R. Hollenbeck, Walter J. Ochsner and Fred W. Pfister (Mr. Albert S. Gross, attorney for Benjamin Green).

Mr. William Rowe argued the cause for the defendants-respondents The Evening News Publishing Company and William J. Kohm (Messrs. Steelman, Lafferty & Rowe, attorneys).

Mr. James A. Major argued the cause for the defendant-respondent Hudson Dispatch (Mr. John J. Breslin, Jr., of counsel; Messrs. Breslin and Breslin, attorneys).

The opinion of the court was delivered by HEHER, J.

The action is for libel; and the case is here by our certification of plaintiff's appeal to the Appellate Division of the Superior Court from a summary judgment for all defendants.

The complaint, in three counts, charges that on September 17, 1954 the individual defendants, Green, Cuccio, Engel, Hollenbeck, Ochsner and Pfister, "composed, wrote, published and distributed to newspaper reporters and others...

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