Legal Opinion
Keimer v. Buena Vista Books, Inc.
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 27, 1999No. A084888PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
WALKER, J.
In this appeal we decide a narrow question: Does the First Amendment protect advertising statements made on book and videotape covers which reiterate verifiably false factual statements contained in the books and videotape themselves? Appellant Russell Keimer sued on behalf of the general public, contending that publishers’ advertisements on those covers, trumpeting falsely inflated investment returns by the now infamous Beardstown Ladies Investment Club, violated California’s false advertising and unfair business practice laws. The publishers/producers of the books and…
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