MASSON v. NEW YORKER MAGAZINE, INC.

Nos. 87-2665, 87-2700.

881 F.2d 1452 (1989)

Jeffrey M. MASSON, Plaintiff/Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. The NEW YORKER MAGAZINE, INC., Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., and Janet Malcolm, Defendants/Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 4, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles O. Morgan, Jr., San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff/appellant/cross-appellee.

Karl Olson, Cooper, White & Cooper, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants/appellees/cross-appellants.

Before ALARCON, HALL and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges.


ALARCON, Circuit Judge:

In this libel action, plaintiff-appellant Jeffrey M. Masson appeals from the order of the district court granting summary judgment to defendants-appellees The New Yorker Magazine, Inc. ("The New Yorker"), Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. ("Knopf"), and Janet Malcolm. We affirm.

I.

In 1983, Janet Malcolm published a two-part article in The New Yorker magazine concerning the termination of psychoanalyst Jeffrey M. Masson from his position...

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