MANN v. ABEL


10 N.Y.3d 271 (2008)

885 N.E.2d 884

856 N.Y.S.2d 31

MONROE YALE MANN, Respondent, v. BERNARD ABEL et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 25, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry R. Kaufman, P.C., New York City (Henry R. Kaufman, Michael K. Cantwell and Beth A. Willensky of counsel), for appellants.

Mann & Mann, LLP, Port Chester (Monroe Yale Mann of counsel), respondent pro se.

Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz, LLP, New York City (David A. Schulz of counsel), for Advance Publications, Inc. and others, amici curiae.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges CIPARICK, GRAFFEO, READ, SMITH and JONES concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

PIGOTT, J.

This action for libel arises out of an article published on August 22, 2003 in the Westmore News, an independent newspaper serving the Town of Rye. The newspaper's founder, defendant Bernard Abel, wrote the article as part of his regularly featured column called "The Town Crier." The column is located on the opinion page of the newspaper and is identified by an editor's note that it represents the opinion of the author and...

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