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Constitutional Law

Apr. 28, 2007

Justices OK Prior Restraint of Defamation

The law can order a Newport Beach woman to stop lying about her neighbor without violating her free-speech rights, a divided California Supreme Court held Thursday.

By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      The law can order a Newport Beach woman to stop lying about her neighbor without violating her free-speech rights, a divided California Supreme Court held Thursday.
      The 5-2 opinion, in the first case of its kind, concluded that Anne Lemen deserved to be forbidden from making defamatory statements about a local restaurant and bar. Balboa Island...

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