· 7/24/2008
Shirlington Limousine & Transportation, Inc. v. San Diego Union-Tribune
Citations
- 566 F. Supp. 2d 1
- 36 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 2201
- 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 56131
- 2008 WL 2853247
How courts have described this case
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- noting that “‘self-inflicted’ harm caused by the voter . . . does not amount to an infringement of the franchise right”
- noting that “the research, writing, and publication [of the defamatory articles] took place entirely within San Diego” and that the D.C. bureau provided “no assistance . . . in preparing the[] articles”
- finding the court did not have personal jurisdiction over California newspaper whose only persistent course of conduct in the District of Columbia was a news bureau engaged in no functions aside from newsgathering
- “The newsgathering exception has been expressly applied to Section 13–423 in subsequent cases.”
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Judges: Royce C. Lamberth
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