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CHAPADEAU v. UTICA OBSERVER

38 N.Y.2d 196 (1975)

Joseph L. Chapadeau, Appellant, v. Utica Observer-Dispatch, Inc., Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 4, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Gerald Fiesinger, Jr., for appellant.

Robert A. Bankert for respondent.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, FUCHSBERG and COOKE concur; Judge JONES taking no part.

WACHTLER, J.

This appeal concerns the granting of summary judgment in favor of the defendant in a defamation action. Appellant, Chapadeau, is a public school teacher who was arrested in Utica on June 10, 1971 and charged with criminal possession of a hypodermic instrument and criminal possession of a dangerous drug, heroin, in the fourth degree. The next day, respondent's newspaper, The Utica Observer-Dispatch...

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