STERN v. COSBY

No. 07 Civ. 8536(DC).

645 F.Supp.2d 258 (2009)

Howard K. STERN, Plaintiff, v. Rita COSBY, Hachette Book Group USA, Inc. d/b/a Grand Central Publishing, and John or Jane Doe, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

Opinion Denying Reconsideration September 25, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bryan Cave LLP, by L. Lin Wood, Esq., John C. Patton, Esq., Amy Stewart, Esq., Atlanta, GA, and Eric M. Sauerberg, P.A. by M. Krista Barth, Esq., Palm Beach Gardens, FL, and Gilberti Stinziano Heintz & Smith, P.C. by William J. Gilberti, Jr., Esq., Lisa DiPoala Haber, Esq., Belina Anderson, Esq., Syracuse, NY, for plaintiff Howard K. Stern.

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP by Elizabeth A. McNamara, Esq., Elisa Miller, Esq., Deborah Adler, Esq., New York, NY, for defendant Rita Cosby.

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP by Douglass B. Maynard, Esq., Deborah J. Newman, Esq., and Karen E. Andrews, Esq., Hachette Book Group USA, Inc., New York, NY, for defendant Hachette Book Group USA, Inc.

Thomas W. Ude, Jr., Esq., Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc.


OPINION

CHIN, District Judge.

In this libel case, plaintiff Howard K. Stern, the former lawyer for and companion of the late Anna Nicole Smith, sues defendants Rita Cosby and Hachette Book Group USA, Inc. ("Hachette"), the author and publisher, respectively, of the bestselling book Blonde Ambition: The Untold Story Behind Anna Nicole Smith's Death (the "Book"). Stern contends that defendants defamed him in the Book by falsely stating or suggesting...

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