POSSERT AND FARLEY v. CBS, INC.


99 N.J. 167 (1984)

FRANK POSSERT AND JOHN FARLEY v. CBS, INC., A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, D/B/A CBS NEWS AND 60 MINUTES, DAN RATHER, LESLIE EDWARDS, EMILY LODGE, WILLIAM LEONARD, ROBERT CHANDLER, DON HEWITT, PALMER WILLIAMS, PHILIP SCHEFFLER, MERRI LIEBERTHAL, JOE ILLEGASCH, ARTHUR BLOOM, JOHN DOE(S), A THROUGH Z, INDIVIDUAL(S) WHOSE IDENTITY(IES) IS (ARE) PRESENTLY UNKNOWN, ARNO PRESS, INC., A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK TIMES, INC., A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, D/B/A ARNO PRESS, AND JOHN DOE(S) AA THROUGH ZZ, INDIVIDUAL(S) AND/OR CORPORATION(S) WHOSE IDENTITY(IES) IS (ARE) PRESENTLY UNKNOWN.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

October 22, 1984.


This appeal having been allowed by the Court, 95 N.J. 200 (1983), upon the motion of plaintiffs seeking leave to appeal an order of the Law Division, dated June 7, 1983, to review the contentions of plaintiffs that the order effectively barred all discovery in a public figure media defamation case; and the Court having considered the briefs and oral arguments of the parties; and the Court having reviewed the decision of the Law Division; and...

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