SIERRA BREEZE v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. 17620.

86 Cal.App.3d 102 (1978)

149 Cal. Rptr. 914

SIERRA BREEZE et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF EL DORADO COUNTY, Respondent; FRANKLIN K. LANE, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

November 3, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Lobner & Bull and Kneeland H. Lobner for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

McKinstry, Driscoll & Tarlton and Daryl J. McKinstry for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

REYNOSO, J.

We are called upon to determine, in the context of the facts we relate below, whether the publishing of an article which expresses an opinion, may subject a newspaper to an action for libel. The question, we are convinced, must be answered in the negative.

The Sierra Breeze, an El Dorado County newspaper, and Henry A. Nickel, its owner,1...

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