STATUS: State court rejects defamation case on February 9, 2012.
N.Y.: State's top court rejects defamation case
Albany Times-Union
The state's highest court ruled Thursday that the Vermont-based president of a nonprofit dog association cannot be sued in New York for alleged defamatory comments posted on her group's website about the SPCA of Upstate New York.... "It is of importance that the statements were not written in or directed to New York," wrote Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman in his majority opinion. "While they were posted on a medium that was accessible in this state, the statements were equally accessible in any other jurisdiction."
Opinion: SCPA of Upstate New York v. American Working Collies Association
http://www.nycourts.gov/ctapps/Decisions/2012/Feb12/6opn12.pdf
N.Y.: State's top court rejects defamation case
Albany Times-Union
The state's highest court ruled Thursday that the Vermont-based president of a nonprofit dog association cannot be sued in New York for alleged defamatory comments posted on her group's website about the SPCA of Upstate New York.... "It is of importance that the statements were not written in or directed to New York," wrote Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman in his majority opinion. "While they were posted on a medium that was accessible in this state, the statements were equally accessible in any other jurisdiction."
Opinion: SCPA of Upstate New York v. American Working Collies Association
http://www.nycourts.gov/ctapps/Decisions/2012/Feb12/6opn12.pdf
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