| As Jury for Sarah Palin 2d
Defamation Trial against NYT Picked in Morning
2d Circuit Fight
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
April 14 – The Friday before
the second round of Sarah
Palin versus New York Times, a
final pre-trial conference was
held by U.S. District Court
for the Southern District of
New York Judge Jed S. Rakoff.
Inner City Press, which
covered the first trial, live
tweeted it,from the thread:
Judge Rakoff: How
long do you want for openings?
Palin's lawyer: 45 minutes.
NYT lawyer: 30 minutes. Judge
Rakoff: You don't oppose the
introduction in the trial of
the whole editorial, do you?
Palin's lawyer: We don't
oppose.
NYT lawyer: They
should have a copy
NYT lawyer: Having a copy they
can construe possible
interpretations. They should
have it early. Judge Rakoff:
I'll mull it over.
On April 14
before the jury was picked
before noon, from thread:
Palin's lawyer:
2d Circuit found this to be
defamation per se --
Judge Rakoff: In
the context of special
damages. Palin's lawyer: It's
been adjudicated. But we dont'
want to try this case a 3d
time.
Judge: I have
until tomorrow to resolve this
- no openings today
[Note: Sarah
Palin is here, at plaintiff's
table with four lawyers. NYT
seems to have 5 lawyers]
The case is Palin
v. The New York Times Company,
1:17-cv-4853 (Rakoff)
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