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TWIN COAST NEWSPAPERS, INC. v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. B037342.

208 Cal.App.3d 656 (1989)

256 Cal. Rptr. 310

TWIN COAST NEWSPAPERS, INC., et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; PHYLLIS L. McKINNEY et al., Real Parties in Interest.

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

March 7, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Rex S. Heinke and Sheila R. Caudle for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Buck, Ammirato, Rutter & Moore, Vincent A. Ammirato and Eric C. Demler for Real Parties in Interest.

OPINION

FUKUTO, J. —

I

In a libel case, by statute, a newspaper owner, by publishing a sufficient retraction, gains immunity from liability for general or punitive damages, remaining responsible only for any special damages suffered by the defamed plaintiff. To be sufficient for this purpose, the retraction must appear "in substantially as conspicuous a manner in said newspaper ... as were the statements claimed to...

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