TRUMP v. O'BRIEN

No. A-6141-08T3

29 A.3d 1090 (2011)

422 N.J. Super. 540

Donald J. TRUMP, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Timothy L. O'BRIEN, Time Warner Book Group, Inc., and Warner Books, Inc., Defendants-Respondents.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided September 7, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen A. Confoy argued the cause for appellant (Sterns & Weinroth attorneys; Joel H. Sterns , of counsel; Ms. Confoy and Erica S. Helms , Trenton, on the brief).

Andrew J. Ceresney (Debevoise & Plimpton L.L.P.) of the New York bar, admitted pro hac vice, argued the cause for respondents (Reed Smith L.L.P. and Mr. Ceresney , attorneys; Mr. Ceresney , Mary Jo White (Debevoise & Plimpton L.L.P.) of the New York bar, admitted pro hac vice, and Andrew M. Levine (Debevoise & Plimpton L.L.P.) of the New York bar, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel; Kellie A. Lavery and Mark S. Melodia , Princeton, on the brief).

Before Judges PAYNE, KOBLITZ and HAYDEN.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

PAYNE, J.A.D.

Donald Trump, the plaintiff in a suit for defamation, appeals from a Law Division order granting summary judgment to defendants, Timothy O'Brien, the author of TrumpNation, The Art of Being The Donald, and his publishers, Time Warner Book Group, Inc. and Warner Books, Inc.1 On appeal, Trump contends that he produced clear and...

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