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MAULE v. NYM CORP.

54 N.Y.2d 880 (1981)

Dorothy Maule, as Executrix of Hamilton (Tex) Maule, Deceased, Appellant, v. NYM Corporation et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 15, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred S. Julien, William D. Fireman and Sybil Shainwald for appellant.

Howard M. Squadron, Neal M. Goldman, Ira Lee Sorkin and Slate R. Metcalf for respondents.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and MEYER concur.

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, with costs, and the case remitted to Supreme Court for a new trial.

The trial court refused defendant's request to rule that plaintiff was a public figure. We agree with the Appellate Division that this was error and that, as a matter of law, plaintiff was a public figure.* The critical consideration in

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