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|Litigants=Banamex v. Narco News
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|DecideDate=December 5
|DecideYear=2001
|FullName=[[Banco Nacional de Mexico, S.A.|Banamex]], Plaintiff v. [[Mario Renato Menendez Rodriguez]], [[Al Giordano]], and [[The Narco News Bulletin|Narco News]], Defendant
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'''''Banamex v. Narco News''''', 2001 603429/00, was a [[New York Supreme Court]] case that extended the findings of [[New York Times Co. v. Sullivan]], that freedom of the press applied to an [[online newspaper]]'s reporting.
The court found that: "Narco News, its website, and the writers who post information, are entitled to all the First Amendment protections accorded a newspaper-magazine or journalist... Furthermore, the nature of the articles printed on the website and Mr. Giordano's statements at Columbia University constitute matters of public concern because the information disseminated relates to the drug trade and its affect{{sic}} on people living in this hemisphere..."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eff.org/Censorship/SLAPP/Forum_shopping/BNM_v_Narco_News/20011205_decision.html|title=Text of the decision|publisher=Electronic Frontier Foundation}}</ref>
==Background==
[[Narco News]] published a series of articles relating to the operation of [[Banamex]], one of the largest banks in [[Mexico]], and revealed a pattern of illegal and narcotics-related activity by those at the bank.  [[Banamex]] filed suit charging that they "have maliciously smeared Banamex with accusations that, among other things, it is controlled and operated by narcotics traffickers and has engaged in illegal activity."
==See also==
*[[Banamex]]
*[[Narco News]]
*[[Al Giordano]]
*[[New York Times Co. v. Sullivan]]
==External links==
* [http://narconews.com/docs/ontrial.html Documents relating to Banamex v. Narco News]
* [https://www.eff.org/Censorship/SLAPP/Forum_shopping/BNM_v_Narco_News/20011205_decision.html Text of the decision]
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[[Category:United States Free Speech Clause case law]]
[[Category:New York Supreme Court cases]]
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