Cohn v. National Broadcasting Co.
Cases that cite this one
27 later published cases cite this decision. The 25 that cite it most often are listed here.
- Three Amigos SJL Rest., Inc. v. CBS News Inc. (N.Y. 2016)
- Lenz v. Young (2d Cir. 2012)
- Doyle v. Vintners International Co. (District Court, W.D. New York 1991)
- Contemporary Mission, Inc. v. New York Times Co. (District Court, S.D. New York 1987)
- Davis v. Costa-Gavras (District Court, S.D. New York 1985)
- Karl Reeves, C.E.I.N.Y. Corp. v. Associated Newspapers, Ltd. (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2024)
- Reeves v. Associated Newspapers, Ltd. (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2024)
- August Constr. Group, Inc. v. DeGroat (New York Supreme Court 2023)
- Kirch v. Liberty Media Corp. (2d Cir. 2006)
- Kirch v. Liberty Media Corp. (2d Cir. 2006)
- Murphy v. Cadillac Rubber & Plastics, Inc. (District Court, W.D. New York 1996)
- Church of Scientology of California v. Flynn (District Court, D. Massachusetts 1984)
- D'Arata v. New York Post (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2024)
- Karl Reeves, C.E.I.N.Y. Corp. v. ASSOCIATED NEWSPAPERS, LTD (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2023)
- Lindell v. Mail Media, Inc. (District Court, S.D. New York 2021)
- Al Hirschfeld Foundation v. Margo Feiden Galleries (District Court, S.D. New York 2019)
- Greenberg v. Spitzer (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2017)
- Dillon v. City of New York (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1999)
- Peeper v. Ledger (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1996)
- Cappellino v. Rite-Aid of New York, Inc. (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1989)
- Di Bernardo v. Tonawanda Publishing Corp. (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1986)
- Pritchard v. Herald Co. (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1986)
- Arrigoni v. Velella (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1985)
- Newsday, Inc. v. C. L. Peck Contractor, Inc. (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1982)
- Sprecher v. Dow Jones & Co. (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1982)
This list shows which later cases cite this one. It does not say how they treated it, and no review of that has been done. Not a substitute for Shepard’s or KeyCite — verify before relying.
Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order appealed from should be affirmed for the reasons stated in the opinion of Mr. Justice Fein at the Appellate Division (67 AD2d 140).
We agree with the court below that none of the individual passages of which plaintiffs complain are defamatory as to them. We would add only that in our view the cumulative effect of all of such passages cannot be said to be defamatory. While it is true that the courts " 'will not strain’ to interpret [allegedly defamatory works] 'in their mildest and most inoffensive sense to hold them nonlibelous’ ” (November v Time Inc., 13 NY2d 175, 178, quoting Mencher v Chesley, 297 NY 94, 99), it is also true that courts will not strain to find a defamatory interpretation where none exists (see Tracy v Newsday, Inc., 5 NY2d 134).
Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg and Meyer concur.
Order affirmed, with costs, in a memorandum.
Case-law data current through December 31, 2025. Source: CourtListener bulk data.