Legal Opinion
Okun v. Superior Court
California Supreme Court
Decided June 15, 1981No. Docket Nos. L.A. 31341, 31342PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
NEWMAN, J.
The complaint here alleges libel and slander during defendants’ (petitioners’) successful campaign for repeal of an ordinance that would have enabled plaintiff (real party in interest) to build a large condominium project in Beverly Hills. Our reading of the complaint persuades us that the publications in question could not reasonably be found libelous and that plaintiffs pleading of a conspiracy to slander is deficient.
The lawsuit was begun in September 1979. A first amended complaint names Betty Harris, Joann Ruden, Erwin Okun, and Does 1 through 1,000 as defendants and…
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