Jerome R. Lewis v. Time Incorporated

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• applying an earlier (10-day) version of Rule 38 to removed action, held that 8 California law requires an “express” jury demand
• assertion that lawyer is shady, unreliable, or disreputable is too broad, unfocused, and subjective to be taken as an assertion of fact
• \three factors [are] important in determining whether a statement is [one of] fact or opinion\
• “[W]e think the term ‘shady’ is by definition ‘cautiously phrased in terms of apparency.’ According to Webster’s New International Dictionary Unabridged (2d ed.), it means in this context ‘equivocal as regards merit or morality; unreliable; disreputable.’ ”
• first citing Chandler Supply Co. v. GAF Corp., 650 F.2d 983, 987 (9th Cir. 1980); then citing Mardesich v. Marciel, 538 F.2d 848, 16 849 (9th Cir. 1976)

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