Legal Opinion
James v. San Jose Mercury News, Inc.
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 30, 1933No. Docket No. H009444Published
1Opinion of the Court
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[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] OPINION Aram B. James, an attorney employed by a county public defender's office, sued a newspaper and one of its employees for libel. The employee, acting as a bylined columnist for the newspaper, had written, and the newspaper had printed, a column which named James in the context of a discussion of asserted violations of law by…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Rosenblatt v. BaerSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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