Legal Opinion
Joseph L. Alioto v. Cowles Communications, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 23, 1975No. 73-1834PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHOY, Circuit Judge:
The September 23, 1969, issue of LOOK magazine contained an article entitled “The Web That . Links San Francisco’s Mayor Alioto and the Mafia: A LOOK report on the private Joseph Alio-to and his relationships with organized crime.” The article, written by two young employees of a San Francisco television station, accused Alioto of using his position as chairman of the board of a San Francisco bank to obtain loans for a trucking company run by James Frati-anno, a convicted felon alleged to be a West Coast Mafia operative. The source of the information upon which this…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Briscoe v. Reader's Digest Association, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1971
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