SHIRLEY BROWN, Plaintiff and Appellant,
v.
KELLY BROADCASTING COMPANY et al., Defendants and Respondents.
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April 27, 1989.
April 27, 1989.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
COUNSEL
Brenton A. Bleier and Kitt N. Berman for Plaintiff and Appellant.
Charles O. Morgan, Jr., and Paul Kleven as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.
L. Thomas Wagner, Anthony D. Lauria, Sara A. Clark and Weintraub, Genshlea, Hardy, Erich & Brown for Defendants and Respondents.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Robert S. Warren, Rex S. Heinke, Kelli L. Sager, Gary B. Pruitt, William A. Niese, Glen A. Smith, Harold W. Fuson, Jr., Donald L. Zachary, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, Pierce O'Donnell, Cruz Reynoso, Clara A. Zazi Pope, Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine, Stephen G. Contopulos, Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, Jerome C. Dougherty, Bernard Zimmerman, Celeste Phillips, Cooper, White & Cooper, Neil L. Shapiro, Karl Olson, Robert D. Sack, Howard B. Soloway, Rogers & Wells, Richard N. Winfield, Diana Boenig Cavanaugh, Thomas P. Newell, Cornell Chulay, George Freeman, Alice Neff Lucan, Jean E. Zoeller, Sabin, Bermant & Gould, Ralph P. Huber, Jerry Birenz, Margaret C. Crosby, Alan L. Schlosser, Edward M. Chen, Matthew A. Coles, Carol Sobel, Brian S. Haughton and Ellman, Burke & Cassidy as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.
Supreme Court of California.
OPINION
EAGLESON, J.
(1a) The sole issue in this case is whether Civil Code section 47, subdivision 3, affords a broad privilege, sometimes referred to as a "public-interest privilege," to the news communications industry (news media) to make false statements regarding a private individual.1
Section 47(3) provides a privilege to communications made without malice on occasions in which...
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