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FIELD RESEARCH CORP. v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. S.F. 22643.

71 Cal.2d 110 (1969)

453 P.2d 747

77 Cal. Rptr. 243

FIELD RESEARCH CORPORATION et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent; WILLIAM P. PATRICK, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

May 14, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Haizlip, Ring, O'Donnell & Moore and David D. Ring for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Belli, Ashe, Ellison, Choulos, Cone & Harper, von Beroldingen, Rohde & Noonan and James D. Rohde for Real Party in Interest.

TRAYNOR, C.J.

Petitioners Field Research Corporation and its president, Mervin D. Field, seek a writ of mandate to compel the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco to vacate its order granting partial summary judgment in an action for damages for defamation. (Code Civ. Proc., § 437c.) [1] The court's order is not appealable. Since petitioners have no "plain, speedy, and adequate remedy, in the ordinary course of law," and since the...

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