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POLYGRAM RECORDS, INC. v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. A029779.

170 Cal.App.3d 543 (1985)

216 Cal. Rptr. 252

POLYGRAM RECORDS, INC., et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF NAPA COUNTY, Respondent; DAVID H. REGE, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Two.

July 24, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Robert S. Besser, Margolis, Burrill & Besser, James T. Fousekis, James F. Brelsford and Steinhart & Falconer for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Bradley P. Elley for Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

KLINE, P.J.

This case poses the question, among others, whether a joke may give rise to a cause of action for defamation.

Petitioners, comedian Robin Williams (Williams), cable television programmer Home Box Office (HBO), Simon & Schuster, Inc., Paramount Pictures Corp., Time-Life Films, Inc., Polygram Records, Inc., Casablanca Records, Inc., Mr. Happy Productions...

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