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EASTWOOD v. NATIONAL ENQUIRER, INC.

Nos. 95-56758, 96-55560.

123 F.3d 1249 (1997)

Clint EASTWOOD, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NATIONAL ENQUIRER, INC., Defendant-Appellant. Clint EASTWOOD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NATIONAL ENQUIRER, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 25, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerson A. Zweifach, Paul Martin Wolff, Steven M. Farina, Paul B. Gaffney, Williams & Connolly, Washington, DC; Henry R. Shields, Irell & Manella, Los Angeles, CA, for defendant-appellant-defendant-appellee National Enquirer, Inc.

Raymond C. Fisher, Kenneth L. Chernof, Edward P. Lazarus, Heather A. MacTavish, Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe, Los Angeles, CA, for plaintiff-appellee-plaintiff-appellant Clint Eastwood.

Before: FARRIS, KOZINSKI and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges.

KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge.

Did defendant falsely represent that plaintiff had given it an interview? Or did it avoid learning that the purported interview was a fabrication? And was the jury right in finding "actual malice"?

Enquiring judges want to know.

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On December 21, 1993, the front page of the National Enquirer touted an "Exclusive Interview" with Clint Eastwood. See Figure 1. Under the headline "Clint Eastwood at 63...

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