New York Court of Appeals November 29, 1995 (Brian v. Richardson)

OPINION OF THE COURT

Titone, J.

This defamation action concerns an article that was published on the Op Ed page of the New York Times on October 21, 1991. Although plaintiff alleged that the statement falsely accused him of participating in an illegal conspiracy, his complaint was dismissed on the theory that the publication was a nonactionable statement of the author’s opinion.