Legal Opinion
Crane v. Arizona Republic
District Court, C.D. California
Decided December 28, 1989No. CV 88-4762-ERPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
RAFEEDIE, District Judge.
This case involves an article published in The Arizona Republic on August 1, 1984, entitled “U.S. Crime Strike Force in L.A. Accused of Corruption,” written by reporter Jerry Seper (“the article”). The article is reprinted as an Appendix to this opinion. Plaintiffs filed suit against defendant publishers of the article for libel, slander and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Defendants moved for summary judgment. Defendants’ motion is granted.
BACKGROUND
Plaintiffs Richard P. Crane, Jr., and James D. Henderson are lawyers who, at…
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