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STERN v. DOE

No. 2001-CA-0914.

806 So.2d 98 (2001)

Montarvi STERN v. Officer John DOE, City of New Orleans, and WGNO, Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

December 27, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Heather E. Baldo, New Orleans, LA, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellant, Montarvi Stern.

Mary Ellen Roy, Sheryl A. Odems, Phelps Dunbar LLP, New Orleans, LA, Counsel for Defendant/Appellee, WGNO, Inc.

Court composed of Judge STEVEN R. PLOTKIN, Judge JAMES F. McKAY III, Judge MICHAEL E. KIRBY.

STEVEN R. PLOTKIN, Judge.

The issue in this case is the first interpretation of La. C.C.P. art. 971, "special motion to strike." At issue is whether the trial court properly dismissed plaintiff's "false light" invasion of privacy claim against the defendant, a T.V. station. Inherent herein is the paradox of the liberty of the press balanced against the private life of an ordinary citizen.

Plaintiff, Montarvi Stern, appeals the trial court's granting of the...

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