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Read It Here FILED: NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 12/03/2015 05:43 PM INDEX NO. 159710/2015 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 9 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 12/03/2015 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NEW YORK ---------------------------------------------------------------- X : SEAN PENN, : Index No. 159710/2015 : Plaintiff, : : v. : : LEE DANIELS, an individual, and : JOHN DOES 1-100, : : Defendants. : ---------------------------------------------------------------- X MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF LEE DANIELS’ MOTION TO DISMISS STROOCK & STROOCK & LAVAN LLP Counsel for Lee Daniels 180 Maiden Lane New York, New York 10038 (212) 806-5400 – and – Southeast Financial Center 200 South Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3100 Miami, Florida 33131 Deadline.com(305) 358-9900 TABLE OF AUTHORITIES Page(s) Cases 600 West 115th Street Corp. v. Von Gutfeld, 80 N.Y.2d 130 (1992) ..................................................................................................... Page 11 Alianza Dominiciana, Inc. v. Luna, 229 A.D.2d 328 (1st Dep’t 1996) ................................................................................... Page 24 Alliance Network, LLC v. Sidley Austin, LLP, 43 Misc. 3d 848(Sup. Ct. N.Y. Cnty. March 20, 2014) .................................................... Page 5 Aronson v. Wiersma, 65 N.Y.2d 592 (1985) ....................................................................................................... Page 8 Basis Yield Alpha Fund (Master) v. Goldman Sachs Grp., Inc., 115 A.D. 128 (1st Dep’t 2014) ......................................................................................... Page 2 Baumgartner v. United States, 322 U.S. 665 (1944) ........................................................................................................ Page 18 Bergstein v. The Hollywood Reporter et al., Case No. 650553/2014 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Cty. 2014).......................................................... Page 14 Biro v. Condé Nast, 883 F. Supp. 2d 441 (S.D.N.Y. 2012) ............................................................................. Page 18 Biro v. Condé Nast, 963 F. Supp. 2d 255 (S.D.N.Y. 2013) ............................................................................. Page 23 Bonanni v. Hearst Communications, 58 A.D.3d 1091 (3d Dep’tDeadline.com 2009) ............................................................................ Pages 10, 15 Bose Corporation v. Consumers Union, 466 U.S. 485 (1984) .......................................................................................................... Page 9 Brian v. Richardson, 87 N.Y.2d 46 (1995) .............................................................................................. Pages 4, 9-11 Buckley v. Littell, 539 F.2d 882 (1976) ........................................................................................................ Page 17 Cerasani v. Sony Corp., 991 F. Supp. 343 (S.D.N.Y. 1998).......................................................................... Pages 19, 20 -i- Chau v. Lewis, 935 F. Supp.2d 644 (S.D.N.Y. 2014) ........................................................................ Pages 6, 18 Church of Scientology Int’l v. Daniels, 992 F.2d 1329 (4th Cir. 1993) ........................................................................................ Page 25 Cobb v. Time, Inc., 278 F.3d 629 (6th Cir. 2002) .......................................................................................... Page 19 Cohn v. National Broadcasting Co., 50 N.Y.2d 885 (1980), cert. denied, 434 U.S. 969 (1980) ......................................... Pages 4, 8 Curtis Publishing Co. v. Butts, 388 U.S. 130 (1967) ........................................................................................................ Page 23 Deer Consumer Prods., Inc. v. Little, No. 650823, 2011 WL 4346674 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Cnty. Aug. 31, 2011) ............................ Page 5 Diario El Pais, S.L. v. The Nielsen Company (US), Inc., 2008 WL 4833012 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 6, 2008) .................................................................. Page 24 Dillon v. City of New York, 261 A.D.2d 34 (1999) ...................................................................................................... passim DKR Soundshore Oasis Holding Fund, Ltd. v. Merrill Lynch Intl., 80 A.D.3d 448 (1st Dep’t 2011) ....................................................................................... Page 5 Doe v. White Plains Hosp. Med. Ctr., No. 10 Civ. 5405, 2011 WL 2899174 (S.D.N.Y. July 8, 2011), aff’d 2012 WL 129836 (2d Cir. Jan. 18, 2012) ....................................................................................... Page 10 Duci v. Daily Gazette Co., 102 A.D.2d 940 (3d Dep’t 1984) ................................................................................. Pages 3-4 Effie Film, LLC v. Pomerance, 909 F. Supp.2d 272 (S.D.N.Y.Deadline.com 2012) .............................................................................. Page 20 Egiazaryan v. Zalmayev, 880 F. Supp. 2d 494 (S.D.N.Y. 2012) ............................................................................. Page 14 Frechtman v. Gutterman, 115 A.D.3d 102 (1st Dep’t 2014) ..................................................................................... Page 4 Garrison v. State of Louisiana, 379 U.S. 64 (1964) ............................................................................................................ Page 4 Gertz v. Robert Welsh, Inc., 418 U.S. 323 (1974) ......................................................................................................... passim -ii- Gisel v. Clear Channel Communications, Inc., 94 A.D.3d 1525 (4th Dep’t 2012) ................................................................................... Page 14 Goldberg v. Levine, 97 A.D.3d 725 (2d Dep’t 2012) ........................................................................................ Page 2 Grebow v. City of New York, 173 Misc. 2d 473 (1997) ........................................................................................... Pages 1, 20 Gross v. N.Y. Times Co., 82 N.Y.2d 146 (1993) ................................................................................... Pages 9, 10, 14, 16 Guccione v. Hustler Magazine, Inc., 800 F.2d 298 (2d Cir. 1986)............................................................................... Pages 18-19, 22 Heins v. Board of Trustees of Incorporated Village of Greenport, 237 A.D.2d 570 (2d Dep’t 1997) .................................................................................... Page 18 The Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity v. Harper & Row, 420 N.Y.S.2d 56 (1979) .................................................................................................. Page 11 Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell, 485 U.S. 46, 51 (1988) 485 U.S. 46, 51 (1988) ..................................................................................................... Page 6 Immuno AG v. Moor-Jankowski, 145 A.D.2d 114 (1st Dep’t 1989), aff’d, 77 N.Y.2d 235 (1991) ................................................................................................................................ Pages 3, 9-11 Jewell v. NYP Holdings, 23 F. Supp. 2d 348 (S.D.N.Y. 1998) ............................................................................... Page 13 Jimenez v. United Federal of Teachers, 239 A.D.2d 265 (1st Dep’t 1997), app. dismissed, 90 N.Y.2d 890 (1997) .................... Page 24 Jones v. Plaza Hotel, Deadline.com 249 A.D. 2d 31 (1st Dep’t 1998) .................................................................................... Page 19 Kamalian v. Reader’s Digest Ass’n, Inc., 29 A.D.3d 527 (2d Dep’t 2006) ...................................................................................... Page 14 Karaduman v. Newsday, Inc., 51 N.Y.2d 531 (1980) ....................................................................................................... Page 2 Kipper v. NYP Holdings Co., Inc., 12 N.Y.3d 348 (2009) ............................................................................................. Pages 23, 25 -iii- Konrad v. Brown, 937 N.Y.S.2d 190 (2012) ................................................................................................ Page 25 Lenz Hardware, Inc. v. Wilson, 263 A.D.2d 632 (3d Dep’t 1999) ...................................................................................... Page 5 Levin v. McPhee, 917 F. Supp. 230 (S.D.N.Y. 1996).................................................................................. Page 15 Lohan v. Fox News Network, LLC, No. 150933/15, 2015 WL 5583940 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Cnty. Sept. 14, 2015) ....................... Page 5 Lore v. N.Y. Racing Ass’n, Inc., 12 Misc.3d 1159(A), 2006 WL 1408419 (Sup. Ct. Nassau Cnty. 2006) .......................... Page 2 Mann v. Abel, 10 N.Y.3d 271 (2008) .............................................................................................. Pages 10-11 Manno v. Hembrooke, 120 A.D.2d 818 (1986) ................................................................................................... Page 10 Miller v. Richman, 184 A.D.2d 191 (4th Dep’t 1992) ................................................................................... Page 12 New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964) .......................................................................................................... Page 4 November v. Time, Inc., 13 N.Y.2d 175 (1963) ..................................................................................................... Page 13 Parks
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