READER'S DIGEST ASSN. v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. S.F. 24686.

37 Cal.3d 244 (1984)

690 P.2d 610

208 Cal. Rptr. 137

READER'S DIGEST ASSOCIATION, INC., et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF MARIN COUNTY, Respondent; SYNANON CHURCH et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

November 19, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, William I. Edlund, Walter R. Allan, John A. Sutro, Jr., Donald M. Egeland and David Otis Fuller, Jr., for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Bourdette, Benjamin & Weill, Philip C. Bourdette and David R. Benjamin for Real Parties in Interest.


OPINION

BROUSSARD, Acting C.J.

Petitioners seek a writ of mandate to review a ruling of the Marin County Superior Court denying their motion for summary judgment.

Petitioners are codefendants in a suit for libel and related causes of action filed by the Synanon Church (Synanon) and Charles Dederich, its founder. Plaintiffs allege that they were defamed in an article written by David MacDonald, an employee of Reader's Digest...

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