LEONARDINI v. SHELL OIL CO.

Docket No. C000619.

216 Cal.App.3d 547 (1989)

264 Cal. Rptr. 883

RAYMOND J. LEONARDINI, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. SHELL OIL COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

December 12, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, Stephen W. Jones and Frederick D. Baker for Defendant and Appellant.

Friedman, Collard & Poswall and John M. Poswall for Plaintiff and Respondent.


[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]

OPINION

SPARKS, J.

In this malicious prosecution action we are called upon to resolve the clash between the claimed right to enjoin a trade libel and the constitutional right of free speech. The case had its genesis in an earlier but unsuccessful attempt to obtain an injunction against the publication of a report concerning the safety of plastic pipes...

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