Order and judgment unanimously reversed, without costs, motion denied and complaint reinstated.
Memorandum:
Plaintiff commenced a libel action as the result of a report in one of defendant's newspapers which concerned his conduct at the time of the sentencing of his brother, a former City Court Judge, who had been convicted of extortion in Federal district court. The allegedly libelous statement was as follows: "In a nearby corridor, outside U.S. District...
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