Selleck v. Globe International, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• “An action for invasion of privacy by placing the plaintiff in a false light in the public eye ... is in substance equivalent to a libel claim.”
• court must examine newspaper's headlines, caption and article as a whole to determine whether it is “reasonably susceptible of a defamatory meaning”
• court must examine newspaper's headlines, caption, and article as a whole, looking \to what is explicitly stated as well as what insinuation and implication can be reasonably drawn from the publication\
• “When a complaint 20 alleges a defamation claim, as well as other causes of action based on the same allegations, the 21 additional claims should be dismissed as surplusage.”
• court must examine newspaper’s headlines, caption, and article as a whole

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