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- Title: Louise Steinhilber v. John M. Alphonse
- Author : Court of Appeals of New York
- Release Date : January 23, 1986
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
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[68 N.Y.2d 283 Page 286] Opinion OF THE COURT It is a settled rule that expressions of an opinion false or not, libelous or not, are constitutionally protected and may not be the subject of private damage actions (Rinaldi v Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 42 N.Y.2d 369, 380, cert denied 434 U.S. 969). The question here is whether the Appellate Division has properly applied this rule in dismissing plaintiff's defamation action under CPLR 3211 (a) (7) upon the ground that the two allegedly defamatory communications, complained of in separate causes of action, are pure opinions and, as such, not actionable as a matter of law.