§ 74. Privileges in action for libel. A civil action cannot be\nmaintained against any person, firm or corporation, for the publication\nof a fair and true report of any judicial proceeding, legislative\nproceeding or other official proceeding, or for any heading of the\nreport which is a fair and true headnote of the statement published.\n This section does not apply to a libel contained in any other matter\nadded by any person concerned in the publication; or in the report of\nanything said or done at the time and place of such a proceeding which\nwas not a part thereof.\n
N.Y. Civ. Rights Law § 74
Privileges in action for libel
Applied in 36 court decisions — leading case Stepanov v. Dow Jones & Co. (2014)
Most recently applied in Durst Pyramid LLC v. Silver Cinemas Acquisition Co. (December 2023)
2014-09-22
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
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