Legal Opinion
Shahvar v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 2, 1994No. H011565PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MIHARA, J.
The trial court overruled a demurrer by cross-defendant Elias Shahvar to a libel claim in a cross-complaint by ASP Computer Products, Inc., Amnon Even-Kesef, Ellen Sigal, and Gerald Sigal (cross-complainants). Shahvar seeks a writ of mandate. At issue is whether Shahvar was privileged under Civil Code section 47 to transmit a facsimile copy of a complaint to a newspaper. Cross-complainants contend that this facsimile communication was not privileged because it preceded the filing of the complaint. Shahvar asks us to take judicial notice that the complaint was filed the same…
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