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THREE AMIGOS v. CBS NEWS INC.

No. 131.

28 N.Y.3d 82 (2016)

65 N.E.3d 35

42 N.Y.S.3d 64

2016 N.Y. Slip Op. 06941

THREE AMIGOS SJL REST., INC., Doing Business as THE CHEETAH CLUB, et al., Plaintiffs, and DOMINICA O'NEILL et al., Appellants, v. CBS NEWS INC. et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided October 25, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rex Whitehorn & Associates, P.C., Great Neck (Rex Whitehorn of counsel), and Law Offices of Nichelle A. Johnson, PLLC, New Rochelle (Nichelle A. Johnson and Vivian Lee of counsel), for appellants.

Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz, LLP, New York City (Jay Ward Brown of counsel), Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz, LLP, Washington, D.C. (Chad R. Bowman, of the District of Columbia and Maryland bars, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel), and CBS Law Department, New York City (Anthony M. Bongiorno and Joseph F. Richburg of counsel), for respondents.

OPINION OF THE COURT

The issue in this defamation case is whether certain statements made by defendants during a news broadcast were "of and concerning" the plaintiffs. The underlying events occurred on November 30, 2011, when federal authorities raided the Cheetah Club (Cheetah's) in Manhattan. Authorities believed Cheetah...

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