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SIPPLE v. CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO.

Docket No. AO11998.

154 Cal.App.3d 1040 (1984)

201 Cal. Rptr. 665

OLIVER W. SIPPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Four.

April 13, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Bruce T.H. Burke, Burke & Kessler and John Eshleman Wahl for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Cooper, White & Cooper, Neil L. Shapiro, Carey F. Corbaley, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Robert S. Warren, Rex S. Heinke and Gail E. Lees for Defendants and Respondents.

David M. Olive and McMillan & Spratling as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

CALDECOTT, P.J.

On September 22, 1975, Sara Jane Moore attempted to assassinate President Gerald R. Ford while the latter was visiting San Francisco, California. Plaintiff Oliver W. Sipple (hereafter appellant or Sipple) who was in the crowd at Union Square, San Francisco, grabbed or struck Moore's arm as the latter was about to fire the gun and shoot at the President. Although no one can be certain whether or not Sipple actually...

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