BARASCH v. SOHO WEEKLY NEWS, INC.


208 N.J. Super. 163 (1986)

505 A.2d 166

GEORGE BARASCH, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. SOHO WEEKLY NEWS, INC., A CORPORATION, JOHN LEESE, ROBERT KARL MANOFF, JOHN FRIEDMAN AND ERIC NADLER, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided January 31, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Krieger, Ferrara, Flynn & Catalina, attorneys for appellant (Frank E. Catalina and Harold Krieger, on the brief).

Winne, Banta, Rizzi, Hetherington & Basralian, attorneys for respondents (Andrew P. Napolitano, of counsel; Corinne M. Mullen, on the brief).

Before Judges DREIER, BILDER and GRUCCIO.


The opinion of the Court was delivered by DREIER, J.A.D.

Plaintiff has appealed from a summary judgment in favor of defendants predicated on a determination that plaintiff was a public figure as to whom the actual-malice libel standard of New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254, 84 S.Ct. 710, 11 L.Ed.2d 686 (1964), was applicable. The trial judge also held that plaintiff had offered no evidence upon which defendants...

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