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GOOD GOVERNMENT GROUP OF SEAL BEACH v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. L.A. 30839.

22 Cal.3d 672 (1978)

586 P.2d 572

150 Cal. Rptr. 258

GOOD GOVERNMENT GROUP OF SEAL BEACH, INC., et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; THOMAS R. HOGARD, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

November 27, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Richards, Watson, Dreyfuss & Gershon, Glenn R. Watson, Mitchell E. Abbott, Gary L. Gillig and Robert H. Powsner for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Jacque Boyle for Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

MOSK, J.

The trial court denied defendants' motion for summary judgment in an action for libel, and they seek a writ of mandate to compel the court to grant the motion.

At the time the allegedly libelous publication appeared, Thomas A. Hogard, real party in interest, was a councilman in the City of Seal Beach. The article was written by the vice president of a citizens' organization...

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