Legal Opinion
Hughes v. Hughes
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 28, 2004No. B168913PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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MOSK, J.
INTRODUCTION
A Vanity Fair magazine article quoted defendant and respondent Albert Hughes, Jr.,1 as saying, “Our dad’s a pimp.” A USA Today article quoted defendant and respondent Allen Hughes, Albert Jr.’s twin brother, as saying their father “dabbled in the pimptorial arts.” The Hughes brothers maintained the statements were true. Their father, plaintiff and appellant Albert Hughes, Sr., sued Albert Jr. and Allen for defamation, claiming the statements were false. A jury found that the Hughes brothers did not make defamatory statements.
On appeal, Albert Sr. raises numerous…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Masson v. New Yorker Magazine, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc. v. HeppsSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Briscoe v. Reader's Digest Association, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1971
- Emde v. San Joaquin County Central Labor CouncilCalifornia Supreme Court · 1943
- Robert A. Maheu, and v. Hughes Tool Company, a Corporation, Now Known as Summa Corporation, Defendant-Counterclaimant-Appellant AndCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
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