FARRAKHAN v. N.Y.P. HOLDINGS, INC.


226 A.D.2d 133 (1996)

640 N.Y.S.2d 80

Louis Farrakhan et al., Respondents, v. N.Y.P. Holdings, Inc., et al., Appellants

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

April 4, 1996


This is an action sounding in libel in which plaintiffs interpose two causes of action, one on behalf of plaintiff Minister Louis Farrakhan and the other on behalf of plaintiff the Nation of Islam, seeking damages in excess of $4 billion. Plaintiffs' claims arise from an article written by Jack Newfield which appeared in the March 12, 1994 issue of the New York Post. The article concerns an interview in which Dr. Betty Shabazz stated...

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