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YORTY v. CHANDLER

Docket No. 35021.

13 Cal.App.3d 467 (1970)

91 Cal. Rptr. 709

SAMUEL W. YORTY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. OTIS CHANDLER et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Two.

December 15, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Phill Silver for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Robert C. Lobdell, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Robert S. Warren and Gary D. Stabile for Defendants and Respondents.

A.L. Wirin, Fred Okrand and Laurence R. Sperber as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

FLEMING, J.

Libel action for $2,000,000 by Samuel W. Yorty against Otis Chandler, Los Angeles Times, The Times-Mirror Company (sued as Times Mirror Corporation), and Paul Conrad, in which plaintiff complains of a cartoon drawn by Conrad and published on the editorial page of the Los Angeles Times. The trial court ruled on demurrer that the cartoon was not defamatory and entered judgment for defendants.

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