· 7/10/1987
Contemporary Mission, Inc. v. New York Times Co.
Citations
- 665 F. Supp. 248
- 14 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1921
- 1987 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13678
How courts have described this case
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- holding relation-back doctrine applied to additional allegedly libelous statements from the same article that formed the basis of the original complaint
- one publication of several similar libelous statements found to be a single transaction for amendment purposes
- no actual malice where defendant “made an attempt to report plaintiffs’ side of the story”
- “Rule 56(f) is not a license for a fishing expedition”
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Judges: Vincent L. Broderick
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