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SONOMA MEDIA INVESTMENTS, LLC v. SUPERIOR COURT

Nos. A151968, A152008, A152320.

34 Cal.App.5th 24 (2019)

SONOMA MEDIA INVESTMENTS, LLC, et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SONOMA COUNTY, Respondent; SCOTT FLATER, Real Party in Interest. WILLIAM GALLAHER et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. SONOMA MEDIA INVESTMENTS, LLC, et al., Defendants and Appellants; DAVID McCUAN, Defendant. WILLIAM GALLAHER et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. DAVID McCUAN, Defendant and Appellant; SONOMA MEDIA INVESTMENTS, LLC, et al., Defendants.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Five.

March 15, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davis Wright Tremaine, Thomas R. Burke , Rochelle L. Wilcox and Diana Palacios for Petitioners and for Defendants and Appellants Sonoma Media Investments, LLC, The Press Democrat and Kevin McCallum.

Cannata, O'Toole, Fickes & Almazan and Karl Olson for Defendant and Appellant David McCuan.

Perry, Johnson, Anderson, Miller & Moskowitz, Deborah S. Bull , Michael G. Miller ; Towle Dennison & Maniscalco and Michael C. Denison for Real Party in Interest, for Plaintiffs and Appellants and for Plaintiffs and Respondents.

No appearance for Respondent Superior Court.

OPINION

Plaintiff William Gallaher is a real estate developer in Santa Rosa. During the 2016 Santa Rosa City Council (sometimes City Council) election, defendant The Press Democrat published a series of five articles about substantial independent election expenditures made by Gallaher's son-in-law, plaintiff Scott Flater...

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