Legal Opinion
Godbehere v. Phoenix Newspapers, Inc.
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided October 26, 1989No. CV-87-0379-PRPublishedCited by 123 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court of Appeals, Division One, 155 Ariz. 389, 746 P.2d 1319 (Ct.App. 1987) vacated.
FELDMAN, Vice Chief Justice.
Richard G. Godbehere, a former Marico-pa County Sheriff, and several deputies and civilian employees of the sheriff’s office (plaintiffs) brought this action against Phoenix Newspapers, Inc., the publisher of The Arizona Republic and Phoenix Gazette, and fourteen editors and reporters of the two newspapers (publishers), for libel and false light invasion of privacy. The trial court granted publishers’ motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim as to the invasion…
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