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DESERT SUN PUBLISHING CO. v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. 21044.

97 Cal.App.3d 49 (1979)

158 Cal. Rptr. 519

DESERT SUN PUBLISHING COMPANY, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Respondent; CHARLES R. BLOCK, Real Party in Interest.

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

September 19, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Best, Best & Krieger, Barton C. Gaut and Meredith A. Jury for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Rodney Robertson for Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

GARDNER, P.J.

In this case we hold that the publication of a letter, which, in substance, charges a candidate for public office with engaging in political chicanery is protected by the First Amendment.

In New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 at page 270 [11 L.Ed.2d 686 at page 701, 84 S.Ct. 710, 95 A.L.R.2d 1412], the...

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