Opinion ID: 780232
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Heading: Partial Summary Judgment on Common-Law Claims

Text: 23 After the dismissal of its Lanham Act claims, Fendi moved pursuant to New York law for summary judgment on plaintiff's claims for disparagement of goods and business slander. After granting defendants' motion for summary judgment on a number of claims, decisions that Fashion Boutique has not appealed, the district court allowed three claims of business slander and six claims of disparagement of goods to proceed to trial. See Fashion Boutique of Short Hills, Inc. v. Fendi USA, Inc., No. 91 Civ. 4544, 1998 WL 259942, at  (S.D.N.Y. May 21, 1998) ( Fashion Boutique II ). The district court later reinstated one of the dismissed claims. 24