United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's media interview statements, regarding a police officer's purported conduct during an undercover operation, were provably false assertions of fact not shielded as opinion under California law, and the litigation privilege did not apply.

Appellate Information

• Argued 08/06/2002
• Decided 12/03/2002
• Published 12/03/2002

Judges

• Before REINHARDT, TROTT, and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Richard F.G. Thomas, Hermosa Beach, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jeffrey M. Tillotson, Dallas, TX, for the defendant-appellee.