OKUN v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket Nos. L.A. 31341, 31342.

29 Cal.3d 442 (1981)

629 P.2d 1369

175 Cal. Rptr. 157

ERWIN OKUN, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; MAPLE PROPERTIES, Real Party in Interest. BETTY H. HARRIS et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; MAPLE PROPERTIES, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

June 15, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Yusim, Cassidy, Stein & Hanger, Robert T. Hanger, Alice Huston, Roger Bentley, Paul P. Selvin and Selvin & Weiner for Petitioners.

Stephen V. Bomse, Rebecca S. Eisenberg, Katherine H. Crocker, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, Margaret C. Crosby, Alan L. Schlosser, Amitai Schwartz and Fred Okrand as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Levy & Norminton, Charles M. Levy and Thomas M. Norminton for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

NEWMAN, J.

The complaint here alleges libel and slander during defendants' (petitioners') successful campaign for repeal of an ordinance that would have enabled plaintiff (real party in interest) to build a large condominium project in Beverly Hills. Our reading of the complaint persuades us that the publications in question could not reasonably be found libelous and that plaintiff's pleading of a conspiracy to slander is...

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