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


238 A.D.2d 197 (1997)

656 N.Y.S.2d 726

Louis Farrakhan, as National Representative of The Honorable Elijah Muhammad, et al., Appellants, v. N.Y.P. Holdings, Inc., et al., Respondents

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

April 15, 1997


Summary judgment was properly granted based upon uncontroverted evidence that defendants did not act with constitutional malice. Defendant Newfield's reliance on a transcript of Dr. Shabazz's interview, three published biographies and a documentary film on Malcolm X, the affidavit of a confessed and convicted assassin, an interview he conducted with a former close aide of Malcolm X, and the published writings and speeches of plaintiff Farrakhan conclusively demonstrates that...

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