ALIM v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. 25088.

185 Cal.App.3d 144 (1986)

229 Cal. Rptr. 599

FAHIZAH ALIM et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Respondent; WALTER R. ATLEE, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

September 4, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

William B. Shubb, Charity Kenyon and Diepenbrock, Wulff, Plant & Hannegan for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Ronald A. Clark and Stephen T. Cammack for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

BLEASE, J.

A reporter, an editor, and a publisher seek a writ of mandate to compel summary judgment in their favor in an action for invasion of privacy for publishing a newspaper article. The article disclosed that plaintiff, Walter Atlee, then Chief Deputy Director of the California Department of Veterans Affairs, was accused by the United States Veterans Administration (VA) of wrongful receipt of overpayments of his veterans...

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