MASSON v. NEW YORKER MAGAZINE, INC.

Nos. 87-2665, 87-2700.

895 F.2d 1535 (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.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing February 15, 1990.


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.


As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc February 15, 1990.

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.

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In 1983, Janet Malcolm published a two-part article in The New Yorker magazine...

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