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HUGGINS v. MOORE

94 N.Y.2d 296 (1999)

726 N.E.2d 456

704 N.Y.S.2d 904

CHARLES HUGGINS, Respondent, v. MELBA MOORE, Defendant, and THE DAILY NEWS, L.P., et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 20, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Weil, Gotshal & Manges, L. L. P., New York City (R. Bruce Rich, Jonathan Bloom and Elizabeth S. Weiswasser of counsel), and Eve B. Burton for appellants.

Culley, Marks, Tanenbaum, & Pezzulo, Rochester (Bradley C. Rosen and Scott A. Korenbaum of counsel), for respondent.

Rogers & Wells, L. L. P., New York City (Hilary Lane, David A. Schulz and Richard N. Winfield of counsel); David Cohen; Sabin, Bermant & Gould, L. L. P. (Ralph Huber of counsel); Allan Adler; Willkie Farr & Gallagher (Richard L. Klein of counsel); Susanna M. Lowy, Stuart D. Karle; Barbara W. Wall, Arlington, Virginia, Robert J. Hawley, New York City; Bond, Schoeneck & King, L. L. P., Syracuse (S. Paul Battaglia of counsel); Jerry S. Birenz, New York City, Slade R. Metcalf, Alisa D. Shudofsky, Stephen Fuzesi, Jr., Jan Constantine, George Freeman, Adam Liptak and Robin Bierstedt for ABC, Inc. and others, amici curiae.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges BELLACOSA, SMITH, CIPARICK, WESLEY and ROSENBLATT concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

LEVINE, J.

Plaintiff Charles Huggins is the former husband of Melba Moore, a popular actress of the musical stage and recording artist, having received a Tony award and two Grammy nominations. Plaintiff brought this defamation action as a result of three articles written by defendant Linda Stasi and published in the "Hot Copy" column of defendant Daily News in 1993. The articles concerned Moore's allegations of plaintiff's betrayal of...

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