U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Cianci v. New Times Publishing Company
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- Type
- Opinion
- Author
- Henry Jacob Friendly
- Filed
- Oct. 27, 1980
- Case
- Cianci v. New Times Publishing Company
- Case status
- Decided
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639 F.2d 54 6 Media L. Rep. 1625 , 6 Media L. Rep. 2145 Vincent A. CIANCI, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NEW TIMES PUBLISHING COMPANY, New Times Communications Corp., MCA, Inc., George A. Hirsch, Jonathan Z. Lalsen and Craig Waters, Defendants-Appellees. No. 948, Docket 80-7030. United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Argued March 27, 1980. Decided July 11, 1980. As Modified on Denial of Rehearing Oct. 27, 1980. Seymour Shainswit, New York City (Kronish, Lieb, Shainswit, Weiner Hellman, Edward M. Spiro, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant. James F. Rittinger, New York City (Satterlee Stephens, Robert M. Callagy and Nancy K. Cassidy, New York City, of counsel), for defendants-appellees. Before FRIENDLY and MESKILL, Circuit Judges, and THOMSEN, District Judge. * FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge: 1 In this action in the District Court for the Southern District of New York, 486 F.Supp. 368 , 1 Vincent A. Cianci, Jr. complained of alleged libels printed in the July 24, 1978 issue of "New Times" magazine. Cianci had been Mayor of Providence, R.I., and at the time of the publication was seeking reelection, which he won. The defendants were New Times Publishing Co. and New Ti…
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