Becher v. Troy Publishing Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding that since each headline at issue was a fair and true headnote of the article it was entitled to absolute immunity under § 74
• finding articles that falsely suggested the plaintiff had been indicted on felony bribery charges were fair and accurate where the articles later correctly described the charges as misdemeanors for lesser offenses
• “Newspapers cannot 16 be held to a standard of strict accountability for use of legal terms of 23 No. 16‐1335‐cv 1 art in a way that is not precisely or technically correct by every 2 possible definition.” (citation omitted)

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Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Kinsey v. New York Times Co.
  Second Circuit· 2021-03-15· cited 60×
• Idema v. Wager
  S.D. New York· 2000-11-02· cited 56×
• Fuji Photo Film U.S.A., Inc. v. McNulty
  S.D. New York· 2009-11-04· cited 53×
• Friedman v. Bloomberg L.P.
  Second Circuit· 2017-09-12· cited 53×
• Daniel Goldreyer, Ltd. v. Van De Wetering
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1995-07-13· cited 40×
• Cholowsky v. Civiletti
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2009-10-06· cited 39×
• Fraser v. Park Newspapers of St. Lawrence, Inc.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1998-01-22· cited 8×
• McDonald v. East Hampton Star
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2004-09-13· cited 5×
• Tenney v. Press-Republican
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2010-07-15· cited 4×
• Karedes v. Village of Endicott
  N.D. New York· 2003-03-31· cited 3×
• Alf v. Buffalo News, Inc.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2012-11-16· cited 3×
• Komarov v. Advance Magazine Publishers, Inc.
  New York Supreme Court· 1999-04-08· cited 3×
• Bouchard v. Daily Gazette Company
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2016-02-25· cited 2×
• Liebgold v. Hofstra University
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1997-12-01· cited 1×
• ALF, CHRISTOPHER J. v. THE BUFFALO NEWS, INC.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2012-11-16
• Friedman v. Bloomberg L.P.
  Second Circuit· 2018-03-01
• Hayt v. Newsday, LLC
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2019-10-09
• Friedman v. Bloomberg LP
  D. Connecticut· 2016-03-25

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
  Supreme Court· 1964-03-09· cited 8,531×
• Chapadeau v. Utica Observer-Dispatch, Inc.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1975-12-04· cited 293×
• Holy Spirit Ass'n for Unification of World Christianity v. New York Times Co.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1979-12-19· cited 141×
• People v. Williams
  New York Court of Appeals· 1989-02-14· cited 31×
• Gurda v. Orange County Publications Division of Ottaway Newspapers, Inc.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1981-06-08· cited 17×
• Moran v. Hearst Corp.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1976-12-28· cited 12×
• Paris v. New York Times Co.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1940-06-19· cited 3×
• Paris v. New York Times Co.
  New York Supreme Court· 1939-02-09· cited 3×
• People v. Williams
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1988-07-14· cited 3×