· 5/6/2004
TRADITIONAL CAT ASS'N., INC. v. Gilbreath
Citations
- 13 Cal. Rptr. 3d 353
- 118 Cal. App. 4th 392
- 2004 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 3899
- 32 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1998
- 2004 Daily Journal DAR 5459
- 2004 Cal. App. LEXIS 694
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- stating that resolution of SLAPP motion requires courts to consider “substantive merits of the plaintiffs complaint”
- stating that “a new edition of a book or newspaper constitutes a new publication”
- extensively quoting Firth’s holding that the single-publication rule applies to the internet
- “[T]he single-publication rule applies to statements published on Internet Web sites.”
- “[T]he need to protect Web publishers from almost perpetual liability for statements they make available to the hundreds of millions of people who have access to the Internet is greater even than the need to protect the publishers of conventional hard copy newspapers, magazines and books.”
- applying Uniform Single Publication Act
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Judges: Benke
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