GODBEHERE v. PHOENIX NEWSPAPERS, INC.

No. CV-87-0379-PR.

162 Ariz. 335 (1989)

783 P.2d 781

Richard G. GODBEHERE; David Carter; Robert W. Malone; Jerome Ellison; Salvatore A. Dicciccio; Jerry White; David Hendershott; Steve Werner; Richard Rosky; Patricia Mann; Brian Carnahan; Thomas Shorts; Roy Reyer; Gary Godbehere; Ray Jones; Larry Wendt; Gary Freund; Cliff Anderson; James F. Porter; Paul B. Thornton; Phillip A. Babb; Ralph Pendergast; Kirby D. Moore; Kirk L. Meisner; Clark W. Chapman; Patrick C. Cooper; Robert D. Roepke; Michael R. Mitchell; Samuel M. Grimes; Dennis G. Dowell; Mark Battilana; and David Toporek, Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. PHOENIX NEWSPAPERS, INC.; Randy Collier; Darrow Tully; Richard Robertson; Tom Fitzpatrick; Pat Flannery; Tony Natale; Pat Murphy; Susan Leonard; Phil Sunkel; Alan Moyer; Lynne Holt; Jay Brashear; John Kolbe; and Victor Dricks, Defendants/Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

Reconsideration Denied December 19, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Witwer, Burlage, Poltrock & Giampietro by Wayne B. Giampietro, Chicago, Ill., and Marton & Hall, P.A. by Kraig J. Marton, Phoenix, for plaintiffs/appellants.

Gust, Rosenfeld & Henderson by James F. Henderson, Terrance C. Mead, Phoenix, for defendants/appellees.


Opinion of the Court of Appeals, Division One, 155 Ariz. 389, 746 P.2d 1319 (Ct.App. 1987) vacated.

FELDMAN, Vice Chief Justice.

Richard G. Godbehere, a former Maricopa County Sheriff, and several deputies and civilian employees of the sheriff's office (plaintiffs) brought this action against Phoenix Newspapers, Inc., the publisher of The Arizona Republic and Phoenix Gazette,<...

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