HOFMANN CO. v. E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO.

Docket No. A035323.

202 Cal.App.3d 390 (1988)

248 Cal. Rptr. 384

HOFMANN COMPANY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Two.

June 23, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

James E. Cox, Dan L. Garrett, Jr., and Beatrice Taines for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, Walter R. Allan, Clement L. Glynn and Brian L. Cella for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

KLINE, P.J.

In statements that appeared in a front-page story in the San Francisco Chronicle and elsewhere, employees of a toxic chemical plant criticized a housing development proposed to be constructed next to the plant. The questions before us are whether the employees' comments included false statements of fact actionable as trade libel and, if not, whether, consistent with the First Amendment, the statements may nonetheless...

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