Legal Opinion
De Havilland v. FX Networks, LLC
California Court of Appeal, 5th District
Decided March 26, 2018No. B285629PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEgerton, J.
*630*849Authors write books. Filmmakers make films. Playwrights craft plays. And television writers, directors, and producers create television *850shows and put them on the air-or, in these modern times, online. The First Amendment protects these expressive works and the free speech rights of their creators. Some of these works are fiction. Some are factual. And some are a combination of fact and fiction. That these creative works generate income for their creators does not diminish their constitutional protection. The First Amendment does not require authors, filmmakers, playwrights, and television…
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- Briggs v. Eden Council for Hope & OpportunityCalifornia Supreme Court · 1999
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