FLOWERS v. CARVILLE

No. 00-17299.

310 F.3d 1118 (2002)

Gennifer FLOWERS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James CARVILLE; Hillary Rodham Clinton; Little, Brown & Co.; George Stephanopoulos, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed November 12, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry Klayman, Esq., of Judicial Watch, Inc., argued for the appellant.

Laura R. Handman of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP argued for appellees George Stephanopoulos and Little, Brown & Co. Matthew A. Leish joined her on the brief.

David E. Kendall of Williams & Connolly LLP argued for appellee Hillary Rodham Clinton. Nicole K. Seligman and Gabriel E. Gore joined him on the brief.

William Alden McDaniel, Jr. of McDaniel Bennett & Griffin argued for appellee James Carville. Jo C. Bennett joined him on the brief.

Before: WALLACE, KOZINSKI and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge.

Long after the public spotlight has moved on in search of fresh intrigue, the lawyers remain. And so we find ourselves adjudicating a decade-old dispute between Gennifer Flowers and what she affectionately refers to as the "Clinton smear machine": James Carville, George Stephanopoulos and Hillary Clinton. Flowers charges that said machine destroyed her reputation by painting her as a fraud and a liar after she disclosed her...

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