MR. CHOW OF NEW YORK v. STE. JOUR AZUR S.A.

No. 519, Docket 84-7198.

759 F.2d 219 (1985)

MR. CHOW OF NEW YORK, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STE. JOUR AZUR S.A., Henri Gault and Christian Millau, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 28, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Kent Bernstein, New York City (Richard K. Bernstein Associates, New York City, of counsel), for defendants-appellants.

Kenneth E. Warner, New York City (Richard A. Greenberg, Marjorie M. Smith, Coblence & Warner, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Henry R. Kaufman, New York City (Sam Antar, Griffith W. Foxley, New York City, for American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.; R. Bruce Rich, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, New York City, for Association of American Publishers; Ronald E. Guttman, Associate General Counsel, CBS Inc., New York City, for CBS Inc.; Michael N. Pollet, Karpatkin Pollet Perlmutter & Beil, New York City, for Consumers Union of United States, Inc.; Peter C. Gould, Sabin, Bermant & Blau, Barbara Ann Cook, Asst. General Counsel, McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York City, for Magazine Publishers Association; Henry L. Baumann, Steven A. Bookshester, Washington, D.C., for National Association of Broadcasters; J. Marshall Wellborn, Jr., New York City, for National Broadcasting Company, Inc.; Marjorie Coleman, New York City, for New York News Inc.; Harry M. Johnston, III, Robin Bierstedt, New York City, for Time Incorporated; Martin Messinger, Rosalyn D. Young, New York City, for Westinghouse Broadcasting and Cable, Inc., of counsel), for amici curiae, American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., Association of American Publishers, CBS Inc., Consumers Union of United States, Inc., Magazine Publishers Association, National Association of Broadcasters, National Book Critics Circle, National Broadcasting Company, Inc., New York Drama Critics Circle, New York Film Critics, New York News Inc., Mimi Sheraton, Time Incorporated and Westinghouse Broadcasting and Cable, Inc.

Before MESKILL, KEARSE and CARDAMONE, Circuit Judges.


MESKILL, Circuit Judge:

Appellants Ste. Jour Azur S.A., Henri Gault and Christian Millau appeal from a judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York after a four day jury trial before Griesa, J. The jury returned a general verdict against appellants, finding that a restaurant review published by Ste. Jour Azur S.A. in the Gault/Millau Guide to New York had libeled appellee Mr. Chow of New York. The jury awarded...

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