Legal Opinion
Good Government Group of Seal Beach, Inc. v. Superior Court
California Supreme Court
Decided November 27, 1978No. L.A. 30839PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MOSK, J.
The trial court denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment in an action for libel, and they seek a writ of mandate to compel the court to grant the motion.
*677At the time the allegedly libelous publication appeared, Thomas A. Hogard, real party in interest, was a councilman in the City of Seal Beach. The article was written by the vice president of a citizens’ organization known as the Good Government Group of Seal Beach, Inc. (Good Government), published in a local homeowners’ association newsletter in February 1971, and was also distributed to the general public as a flyer.…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Dombrowski v. PfisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Garrison v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by101 opinions
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