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California Supreme Court· 12/22/2003

Shively v. Bozanich

Citations

  • 80 P.3d 676
  • 7 Cal. Rptr. 3d 576
  • 31 Cal. 4th 1230

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  • noting that publication requires communication of the 13 defamatory statement to a third party
  • defining slander as a “false and unprivileged oral communication attributing to a person . . . certain unfavorable characteristics or qualities”
  • defining slander as a “false and unprivileged oral communication attributing to a person . . . certain unfavorable characteristics or 28 qualities”
  • collecting cases that reject the application of the discovery rule to statements made in books, magazines, and newspapers because they are “readily discoverable”
  • acknowledging the discovery rule has been applied in defamation cases where the alleged defamatory statement occurred in private or in confidential publications not readily available to the plaintiff or public
  • explaining the discovery rule “no longer [applies] once the original defamatory statement is published in a book that was distributed to the general public” because at that point, the statement is no longer hidden

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Judges: George

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Cites

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