Case Name: Twenty-Five East 40th Street Restaurant Corporation, Appellant, v. Forbes, Inc., Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1972-03-15
Citations: 30 N.Y.2d 595
Docket Number: 
Parties: Twenty-Five East 40th Street Restaurant Corporation, Appellant, v. Forbes, Inc., Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 30
Pages: 595–595

Head Matter:
Twenty-Five East 40th Street Restaurant Corporation, Appellant, v. Forbes, Inc., Respondent.
Argued February 17, 1972;
decided March 15, 1972.
Harry T. Kirp and Leon H. Charney for appellant.
Michael J. DeSantis, John A. Wilson and Lawrence G. Golde for respondent.

Opinion:
The plaintiff has failed to state any evidentiary facts, warranting a trial, to support its allegation that the defendant was motivated by malice in publishing its critique of the plaintiff's restaurant. (See, e.g., Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc., 403 U. S. 29; New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U. S. 254; Frink v. McEldowney, 29 N Y 2d 720; Kent v. City of Buffalo, 29 N Y 2d 818.)