Masson v. New Yorker Magazine, Inc.

895 F.2d 1535 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. As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Feb. 15, 1990. 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…