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SPRINGER v. PRESS

60 N.Y.2d 916 (1983)

Lisa Springer, Appellant, v. Viking Press et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided November 23, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Myles C. Cunningham for appellant.

Richard Kurnit and Martin Garbus for respondents.

R. Bruce Rich, Lauren W. Field and Lois Peel Eisenstein for Association of American Publishers, Inc., amicus curiae.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER, MEYER, SIMONS and KAYE concur.

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

Whether chapter 10 of the book "State of Grace" defamed plaintiff is the only issue before us. We agree with the Appellate Division that whether the complaint sufficiently alleges that the Lisa Blake, portrayed in that chapter as a whore, refers to plaintiff is a matter for the court, and that the similarity of given name, physical height...

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