Suozzi v. Parente

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a newspaper article which suggested that Suozzi received “political favoritism” from his brother the mayor, but did not contain a clear assertion that a crime had been committed, was not defamatory and could not constitute libel per se
• noting that actual malice cannot \be founded on the misinterpretation of a source or the resolution of an ambiguity adversely to the plaintiff\
• affirming summary judgment against plaintiff where he relied solely on attorney argument to prove actual malice
• holding that “misinterpretation of a source or the resolution of an ambiguity adversely to the plaintiff or in accordance with a particular political view” does not constitute actual malice
• holding that \misinterpretation of a source or the resolution of an ambiguity adversely to the plaintiff or in accordance with a particular political view\ does not constitute actual malice

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

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• Rush v. Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-06-09· cited 92×
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  Tenth Circuit· 2019-05-08· cited 59×
• Miness v. Alter
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1999-06-07· cited 9×
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  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2002-06-24· cited 8×
• Giffuni v. Feingold
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2002-11-21· cited 6×
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  New York Supreme Court· 1998-03-06· cited 5×
• Harpaz v. Dunn
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2022-03-24· cited 5×
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  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2012-02-14· cited 3×
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• Diaz v. Espada
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2004-06-08· cited 2×
• Crucey v. Jackall
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2000-08-24· cited 1×
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  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2023-10-12· cited 1×
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Cites

24 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
  Supreme Court· 1964-03-09· cited 8,531×
• Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1974-06-25· cited 4,525×
• Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1984-04-30· cited 2,137×
• St. Amant v. Thompson
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 2,076×
• Curtis Publishing Co. v. Butts
  Supreme Court· 1967-10-09· cited 1,899×
• Herbert v. Lando
  Supreme Court· 1979-04-18· cited 1,085×
• Time, Inc. v. Hill
  Supreme Court· 1967-01-09· cited 933×
• Liberman v. Gelstein
  New York Court of Appeals· 1992-11-24· cited 838×
• Time, Inc. v. Pape
  Supreme Court· 1971-04-05· cited 420×
• James v. Gannett Co.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1976-07-13· cited 281×
• Immuno AG. v. Moor-Jankowski
  New York Court of Appeals· 1991-01-15· cited 247×
• Shapiro v. Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York
  New York Court of Appeals· 1959-11-25· cited 207×
• Karaduman v. Newsday, Inc.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1980-11-25· cited 134×
• Tracy v. Newsday, Inc.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1959-01-08· cited 88×
• Stillman v. Ford
  New York Court of Appeals· 1968-05-15· cited 77×
• Rinaldi v. Viking Penguin, Inc.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1981-04-07· cited 67×
• Mahoney v. Adirondack Publishing Co.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1987-12-17· cited 55×
• Roche v. Hearst Corp.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1981-04-07· cited 43×
• Rejent v. Liberation Publications, Inc.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1994-05-12· cited 17×
• Chalpin v. Amordian Press, Inc.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1987-05-19· cited 15×