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METABOLIFE INTERN., INC. v. WORNICK

No. 99-56814.

264 F.3d 832 (2001)

METABOLIFE INTERNATIONAL, INC., a California corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Susan WORNICK, an individual; George Blackburn, an individual; Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc., a Delaware corporation, d/b/a WCVB-TV, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 5, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Mansfield (argued), Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Steven J. Comen (argued), and J. Anthony Downs, Goodwin, Procter & Hoar, Boston, Massachusetts, for defendants-appellees Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc. and Susan Wornick.

Robert O'Regan (argued), Burns & Levinson, Boston Massachusetts, and Gregory D. Roper, Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, San Diego, California, for defendant-appellee George Blackburn.

Before: RYMER, HAWKINS and GOULD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge HAWKINS; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge RYMER

MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, Circuit Judge:

The heart of this case lies at the difficult three-way intersection of the news media's desire to inform the public about the potential dangers of an over-the-counter herbal supplement, California's public policy interest in the prompt resolution of so-called "SLAPP suits," and the liberal policies underlying the discovery provisions of the...

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