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KELLY v. WILLIAM MORROW & CO.

Docket No. D003637.

186 Cal.App.3d 1625 (1986)

231 Cal. Rptr. 497

KENNETH KELLY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. WILLIAM MORROW & COMPANY, INC., et al., Defendants and Respondents.

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

November 18, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Peter H. Karlen, Joseph D. Schloss, Sr., and Frank Zotter, Jr., for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, John A. Sturgeon and Timothy B. Taylor for Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

BUTLER, J.

Joseph Wambaugh wrote and others published the book "Lines and Shadows," an account of the activities of San Diego police officers assigned to the Border Alien Robbery Force (BARF), a unit formed to control criminal activities in the Mexican border area. Police Officer Kenneth Kelly was a member of the BARF squad.

Following publication of the book, Kelly sued Wambaugh and publishers William Morrow &...

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