LEIDHOLDT v. L.F.P. INC.

No. 87-6328.

860 F.2d 890 (1988)

Dorchen LEIDHOLDT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. L.F.P. INC.; L.F.P. Inc., dba Larry Flynt Publications; Hustler Magazine, Inc.; Larry C. Flynt; Althea Flynt; Flynt Subscription Company, Inc.; Island Distributing Company, a B.W.I. Company; LFZ, Ltd., a B.W.I. Company; Larry Flynt Distributing Company, Inc.; N. Morgen Hagen; David Kahn; Jim Goode, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 26, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary L. Shockey, Spence, Moriarity & Schuster, Jackson, Wyo., for plaintiff-appellant.

David O. Carson, Cooper, Epstein & Hurewitz, Beverly Hills, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before TANG, FLETCHER and PREGERSON, Circuit Judges.


FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Dorchen Leidholdt appeals the district court's dismissal, for failure to state a claim, of her diversity action for libel, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and invasion of privacy arising from an article Hustler published about her. She also appeals the district court's indication that it will award sanctions against her and her attorney. We affirm the dismissal of Leidholdt's tort claims; we dismiss the sanctions issue for lack...

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