Legal Opinion
Reader's Digest Assn. v. Superior Court
California Supreme Court
Decided November 19, 1984No. S.F. 24686PublishedCited by 151 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BROUSSARD, Acting C. J.
Petitioners seek a writ of mandate to review a ruling of the Marin County Superior Court denying their motion for summary judgment.
Petitioners are codefendants in a suit for libel and related causes of action filed by the Synanon Church (Synanon) and Charles Dederich, its founder. Plaintiffs allege that they were defamed in an article written by David MacDonald, an employee of Reader’s Digest, and published in the July 1981 edition of Reader’s Digest. The article, entitled The Little Paper That Dared, describes how David and Cathy Mitchell, publishers of the…
2Cases cited43 opinions
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- Dombrowski v. PfisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by151 opinions
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- Herron v. Tribune Publishing Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1987
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