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SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN, INC. v. SUPERIOR COURT OF CITY AND CTY. OF SAN FRANCISCO

Docket No. A061110.

17 Cal.App.4th 655 (1993)

21 Cal. Rptr.2d 464

SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN, INC, et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent; ADAM SPARKS, Real Party in Interest.

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

July 29, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Kay & Merkle, Douglas A. Marshall, Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May, John E. Carne, Joseph P. Mascovich and Thomas R. Burke for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Grayson & Topsfield and Violet Elizabeth Grayson for Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

PERLEY, J.

The San Francisco Bay Guardian, Inc., and Bruce B. Brugmann, the Bay Guardian's publisher (petitioners), seek a writ to require respondent court to grant their motion for summary judgment. We issue the writ for the reasons explained below.

FACTS

In the March 27, 1991, issue of the paper, the Bay Guardian included a parody of itself lampooning various issues, public officials and private parties...

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