[brief] TABLE OF CONTENTS  Page Table of Authorities ........................................................................................................ iii  Table of Transcripts ...................................................................................................... v Table of Appendix ......................................................................................................... vi Table of Judgments .......................................................................................................  vii  PRELIMINARILY STATEMENT ..................................................................................  1  STATEMENT OF FACTS .............................................................................................  3  A.  The Incident ..............................................................................................................  3  B.  [...]’s Comments about the Incident .................................................  4  C. [...] and [...]’s Comments about the Incident .........................  5  D. [...]’s Statements about the Incident ...............................................  7  E. Procedural History ..................................................................................................  9  ARGUMENT ....................................................................................................................  13  I.  THE TRIAL COURT MISAPPLIED  THE LAW, AND ITS DENIAL OF THE CAIR DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS TO DISMISS SHOULD BE REVERSED (Da 183-205, 207, 208, 209-221).  ...........................................................................................................  13  A.  This Court’s Neuwirth Decision was Correctly Decided ........................................  15  B.  [...] Failed to Plead Actual Malice as to the CAIR Defendants .................  19  1.  Actual Malice May Not Be Imputed from One Defendant to Another ..20  2.  [...] Did Not Plead Actual Malice as to Any of the CAIR Defendants .........................................................................................................................  22  CONCLUSION .................................................................................................................. 28  ### TABLE OF AUTHORITIES | Case Name | Page(s) | |------------------------------------------------|---------| | Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., | 19 | | 477 U.S. 242 (1986) | | | Ashcroft v. Iqbal, | 17 | | 556 U.S. 662 (2009) | | | Bainhauer v. Manoukian, | 23 | | 215 N.J. Super. 9 (App. Div. 1987) | | | Banco Popular North America v. Gandi, | 13 | | 184 N.J. 161 (2005) | | | Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, | 17 | | 550 U.S. 544 (2007) | | | Biro v. Conde Nast, | 17 | | 807 F.3d 541 (2d Cir. 2015) | | | Cabello-Rondon v. Dow Jones & Co., Inc., | 17 | | 720 F. App’x 87 (2d Cir. 2018) | | | Darakjian v. Hanna, | 17, 24 | | 366 N.J. Super. 238 (App. Div. 2004) | | | Decker v. Princeton Packet, | 23 | | 116 N.J. 418 (1989) | | | Donato v. Moldow, | 13 | | 374 N.J. Super. 475, (App. Div. 2005) | | | Durando v. Nutley Sun, | passim | | 209 N.J. 235 (2012) | | | Glass v. Suburban Restoration Co., | 14 | | 317 N.J. Super. 574 (App. Div. 1998) | | | Harte-Hanks Commc’ns, Inc. v. Connaughton, | 26 | | 491 U.S. 657 (1989) | | | Hutchinson v. Proxmire, | 18, 19 | | 443 U.S. 111 (1979) | | | Kieffer v. High Point Ins. Co., | 16 | | 422 N.J. Super. 38 (App. Div. 2011) | | | Leon v. Rite Aid Corp., | 16 | | 340 N.J. Super. 462 (App. Div. 2001) | | | LoBiondo v. Schwartz, | 23 | | 323 N.J. Super. 391 (App. Div. 1999) | | Lynch v. N.J. Educ. Ass’n, 161 N.J. 152 (1999)