1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 639 F.2d
  5. 639 F.2d 54 (1980)
 

CIANCI v. NEW TIMES PUB. CO.

No. 948, Docket 80-7030.

639 F.2d 54 (1980)

Vincent A. CIANCI, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NEW TIMES PUBLISHING COMPANY, New Times Communications Corp., MCA, Inc., George A. Hirsch, Jonathan Z. Lalsen and Craig Waters, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided July 11, 1980.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing October 27, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seymour Shainswit, New York City (Kronish, Lieb, Shainswit, Weiner & Hellman, Edward M. Spiro, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

James F. Rittinger, New York City (Satterlee & Stephens, Robert M. Callagy and Nancy K. Cassidy, New York City, of counsel), for defendants-appellees.

Before FRIENDLY and MESKILL, Circuit Judges, and THOMSEN, District Judge.

FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge:

In this action in the District Court for the Southern District of New York, 486 F.Supp. 368,1 Vincent A. Cianci, Jr. complained of alleged libels printed in the July 24, 1978 issue of "New Times" magazine. Cianci had been Mayor of Providence, R.I., and at the time of the publication was seeking reelection, which he won. The defendants...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases