GRILLO v. SMITH

Docket No. 30062.

144 Cal.App.3d 868 (1983)

193 Cal. Rptr. 414

JOSEPH R. GRILLO, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. JOHN SMITH et al., Defendants and Respondents.

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

May 24, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Robinson & Robinson, Mark P. Robinson, Jr., and John D. Rowell for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Richard G. Duncan, Jr., and Robert W. Loewen for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

CROSBY, J.

The trial court granted the defense motion for summary judgment in this action "for libel and interference with business." Plaintiff Joseph R. Grillo appeals.

Grillo was Presiding Judge of the Los Angeles Municipal Court when defendants, the corporate owner and individual publisher of the Los Angeles Times, allegedly defamed him in an article published August 7, 1976 (the Article) and an editorial published...

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