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LEWIS v. TIME INC.

No. 82-4026.

710 F.2d 549 (1983)

Jerome R. LEWIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TIME INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 12, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charlotte E. Hemker-Smith, Bolling, Walter & Gawthrop, Sacramento, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

James T. Freeman, Charity Kenyon, Diepenbrock, Wulff, Plant & Hannegan, Sacramento, Cal., for defendant-appellee.

Before DUNIWAY, CHOY and ALARCON, Circuit Judges.

DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge:

Lawyer Jerome Lewis appeals from a judgment against him in his action against TIME Inc. for defamation. We affirm.

I. Facts.

The cover story of TIME magazine's April 10, 1978 issue was a 10-page article entitled "Those #*X § !!! Lawyers." This case is about one subsection of that article, titled "Ethics Enforcement." In relevant part, it stated:

If the legal profession has been reluctant to discipline...

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