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BEE PUB. v. CHEEKTOWAGA

107 A.D.2d 382 (1985)

Bee Publications, Inc., et al., Respondents, v. Cheektowaga Times, Inc., et al., Appellants

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Fourth Department.

March 1, 1985

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Magavern & Magavern (Michael Beilewech of counsel), for appellants.

Stamm, Keefe & Murray (Gregory Stamm of counsel), for respondents.

DOERR, DENMAN, GREEN and O'DONNELL, JJ., concur.

HANCOCK, JR., J. P.

To prevail in a libel action against media defendants, a plaintiff who qualifies as a public figure (see, Curtis Pub. Co. v Butts, 388 U.S. 130) must show: (1) that the allegedly defamatory words were "`of and concerning'" him (see, Gross v Cantor, 270 N.Y. 93, 96); (2) that they were likely to be understood as defamatory by the...

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