Legal Opinion
Kahn v. Bower
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 8, 1991No. A046094PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KLINE, P. J.
—The chief questions presented by this appeal are whether plaintiff, a publicly employed social worker, stated facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action in her complaint based upon an allegedly defamatory letter written by defendant to plaintiff’s supervisor and whether plaintiff is a “public official” within the meaning of New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964) 376 U.S. 254 [11 L.Ed.2d 686, 84 S.Ct. 710, 95 A.L.R.2d 1412], Plaintiff appeals from a judgment on the pleadings and defendants cross-appeal from the trial court’s denial of attorneys fees. We will affirm the…
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