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· 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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