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Barger v. Playboy Enterprises, Inc.

District Court, N.D. California

Decided May 5, 1983No. C-82-2198-MHPPublishedCited by 39 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM ORDER AND OPINION

PATEL, District Judge.

Plaintiffs filed this libel suit against Playboy Magazine 1 on May 12, 1982 based on its publication of an article (attached as Exhibit A to the complaint) entitled “Undercover Angel” and written by Lawrence Linderman. The article purported to describe the experiences of an undercover narcotics agent, Dan Black, who infiltrated the Hell’s Angels. Plaintiffs charged in their original complaint that the article “defamed all wives of members of the Oakland and Richmond chapters of the Hell’s Angels Motorcycle Club” by its descriptions of alleged…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  4. Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  5. Garrison v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964

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3Cited by39 opinions

  1. Kirch v. Liberty Media Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2006
  2. Jackie Collins Lerman v. Flynt Distributing Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
  3. Reader's Digest Assn. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1984
  4. Blatty v. New York Times Co.California Supreme Court · 1986
  5. Kirch v. Liberty Media Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2006

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