FOUR NAVY SEALS v. ASSOCIATED PRESS

No. 05CV0555JM(JMA).

413 F.Supp.2d 1136 (2005)

FOUR NAVY SEALS and Jane Doe, Plaintiffs, v. ASSOCIATED PRESS, Seth Hettena, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. California.

July 12, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Huston, Morrison and Foerster, San Diego, CA, for Plaintiffs.

David A. Schulz, Levine Sullivan Koch and Schulz, New York, NY, Robert G. Steiner, Luce Forward Hamilton and Scripps, San Diego, CA, for Defendants.


ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS, MOTION TO STRIKE PURSUANT TO CAL. CODE CIV. PRO. 425.16

MILLER, District Judge.

This case pits the privacy interests of individuals against the freedom of the press. The Complaint alleges that Defendants, Seth Hettena and the Associated Press ("AP"), invaded Plaintiffs' privacy rights by discovering photos and widely distributing them along with a news story suggesting that some Navy SEALs potentially engaged in abuse of Iraqi...

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