United States Ninth Circuit
STEAM PRESS HOLDINGS, INC. v. HAWAII TEAMSTERS AND ALLIED WORKERS UNION, LOCAL 996, 01-17222
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Workers' statements made during a strike, that employer was "making money," were statements of opinion and do not meet the requirements of defamation.
Appellate Information
- Argued 06/10/2002
- Decided 08/26/2002
- Published 08/26/2002
Judges
- GOODWIN, Circuit Judge., Before: GOODWIN, HAWKINS and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Fred H. Altshuler, Linda Lye, Altshuler, Berzon, Nussbaum, Rubin & Demain, San Francisco, CA, for the amici curiae.
- For Appellees:
- Deborah Drooz,Strook & Stroock & Lavan, Los Angeles, CA, and Jeffrey L. Cutler, Elizabeth Rosenfeld, Wohlner Kaplon Phillips Young & Cutler, Encino, CA, for the defendants-appellants-appellees., Jared H. Jossem, Dwyer Schraff Meyer Jossem & Bushnell, Honolulu, HI, for the plaintiffs-appellees-appellants.