Legal Opinion
Belli v. Curtis Publishing Co.
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 10, 1972No. Civ. 28338PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SIMS, J.
Plaintiff has appealed from a judgment entered in favor of the defendants following the granting of their motion for a summary judgment in an action in which he sought general damages of $1,000,000 and exemplary damages of $1,000,000 for defamation of character in two articles authored respectively by defendant Richard. Warren Lewis and defendant Edward Linn, published in its magazine, The Saturday Evening Post, by defendant The Curtis Publishing Company, and apparently distributed by defendant Golden Gate Magazine Company. Plaintiff acknowledges that the defendant publisher is…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Poller v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Dombrowski v. PfisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Good Government Group of Seal Beach, Inc. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1978
- Aafco Heating & Air Conditioning Co. v. Northwest Publications, Inc.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1974
- Lewis v. Time Inc.District Court, E.D. California · 1979
- Sipple v. Chronicle Publishing Co.California Court of Appeal · 1984
- Grant-Burton v. Covenant Care, Inc.California Court of Appeal · 2002
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