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PAULING v. NAT'L REVIEW, INC.

22 N.Y.2d 818 (1968)

Linus C. Pauling, Appellant, v. National Review, Inc., et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 14, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Nizer and Paul Martinson for appellant.

C. Dickerman Williams, Robert M. Makla and Helene E. Schwartz for respondents.

Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN, BREITEL and JASEN; Judge KEATING taking no part.

Per Curiam.

We agree that the complaint before us was properly dismissed.

It is unnecessary to decide whether the charges leveled by the defendants against the plaintiff are true or justified. The statements which they made concerned one who, concededly, was and is a "public figure". (See Curtis Pub. Co. v. Butts, 388 U.S. 130, 162.) Accordingly, we need go no further...

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