BROWN v. KELLY BROADCASTING COMPANY (1988)

Respondents' petition for review GRANTED.

Pursuant to Rule 29.2, subdivision (b) of the California Rules of Court, the Court specifies the following as the only issue to be argued:

Does Civil Code section 47, subdivision (3) afford a conditional privilege, sometimes referred to as a “public interest privilege,” to a news media report that falsely defames a private individual and, if so, were the news reports at issue in this case subject to the privilege?

LUCAS, C.J., and MOSK, BROUSSARD, PANELLI, ARGUELLES, EAGLESON and KAUFMAN, JJ., concur.