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SANDS v. NEWS AM. PUBL.

161 A.D.2d 30 (1990)

Nicholas M. Sands, Appellant, v. News America Publishing Inc., Doing Business as New York Magazine, et al., Respondents

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

September 11, 1990

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arlene R. Smoler of counsel (Jonathan W. Lubell with her on the brief; Morrison Cohen Singer & Weinstein, attorneys), for appellant.

Slade R. Metcalf of counsel (Mark H. Jackson with him on the brief; Squadron, Ellenoff, Plesent & Lehrer, attorneys), for respondents.

SULLIVAN, J. P., CARRO and KASSAL, JJ., concur.

ELLERIN, J.

In this defamation action, plaintiff appeals from the IAS court's denial of numerous discovery requests to which the media defendants objected on various grounds including the Shield Law (Civil Rights Law § 79-h) and the litigation material exception to CPLR 3101.

The underlying action involves an article entitled "The Mob & The Machine", written by the defendant Nicholas Pileggi...

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