Legal Opinion
Burnett v. National Enquirer, Inc.
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 18, 1983No. Civ. 66447PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ROTH, P. J.
On March 2, 1976, appellant caused to appear in its weekly publication, the National Enquirer, a “gossip column” headlined “Carol *997Burnett and Henry K. in Row,” wherein a four-sentence item specified in its entirety that: “In a Washington restaurant, a boisterous Carol Burnett had a loud argument with another diner, Henry Kissinger. Then she traipsed around the place offering everyone a bite of her dessert. But Carol really raised eyebrows when she accidentally knocked a glass of wine over one diner and started giggling instead of apologizing. The guy wasn’t amused and…
2Cases cited60 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Smith v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Winters v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Adams v. MurakamiCalifornia Supreme Court · 1991
- Las Palmas Associates v. Las Palmas Center AssociatesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1991
- Betts v. Allstate InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1984
- Clint Eastwood v. National Enquirer, Inc., Clint Eastwood v. National Enquirer, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
- Seeley v. SeymourCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1987
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