Legal Opinion
Northon v. Rule
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 18, 2011No. 07-35319PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
In a true-crime book entitled Heart Full of Lies, author Ann Rule described in detail the killing by Liysa Northon of her husband, Christopher Northon. Liysa Northon, together with other members of her family, filed suit in an Oregon court against Rule and her publisher for defamation and false light invasion of privacy. Having already pled guilty to a charge of first degree manslaughter in an Oregon court, Liysa Northon did not dispute that she killed her husband, but she nonetheless contended that the book contained multiple misrepresentations. Defendants removed the defamation action…
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