Masson v. The New Yorker Magazine

881 F.2d 1452 58 USLW 2126 , 16 Media L. Rep. 2089 Jeffrey M. MASSON, Plaintiff/Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. The NEW YORKER MAGAZINE, INC., Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., and Janet Malcolm, Defendants/Appellees/Cross-Appellants. Nos. 87-2665, 87-2700. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 16, 1988. Decided Aug. 4, 1989. Charles O. Morgan, Jr., San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff/appellant/cross-appellee. Karl Olson, Cooper, White & Cooper, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants/appellees/cross-appellants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before ALARCON, HALL and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges. ALARCON, Circuit Judge: 1 In this libel action, plaintiff-appellant Jeffrey M. Masson appeals from the order of the district court granting summary judgment to defendants-appellees The New Yorker Magazine, Inc. ("The New Yorker"), Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. ("Knopf"), and Janet Malcolm. We affirm. I. 2 In 1983, Janet Malcolm published a two-part article in The New Yorker magazine concerning the termination of psychoanalyst Jeffrey M. Masson from his position as Projects Director of the Sigmund Freud Archives (Archives). The…