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· 5/10/1990

Aisenson v. American Broadcasting Co.

Citations

  • 220 Cal. App. 3d 146
  • 269 Cal. Rptr. 379
  • 17 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1881
  • 1990 Cal. App. LEXIS 466

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that “[p]ublic discussion about the qualifications of those who hold or who wish to hold positions of public trust present the strongest possible case for applications of the safeguards afforded by the First Amendment”
  • \A `false light' cause of action is in substance equivalent to a libel claim ....\
  • “A ‘false light’ cause of action is in substance equivalent to a libel claim .... ”

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Judges: Boren

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