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GODBEHERE v. PHOENIX NEWSPAPERS, INC.

1 CA-CIV 9159.

155 Ariz. 389 (1987)

746 P.2d 1319

Richard G. GODBEHERE; David Carter; Robert W. Malone; Jereome Ellison; Salvatore A. Dicciccio; Jerry White; David Hendershott; Steve Werner; Richard Rosky; Patricia Mann; Brian Carnahan; Thomas Shorts; Roy Reyer; Gary Godbehere; Ray Jones; Larry Wendt; Gary Freund; Cliff Anderson; James F. Porter; Paul B. Thornton; Phillip A. Babb; Ralph Pendergast; Kirby D. Moore; Kirk L. Meisner; Clark W. Chapman; Patrick C. Cooper; Robert D. Roepke; Michael R. Mitchell; Samuel M. Grimes; Dennis G. Dowell; Mark Battilana; and, David Toporek, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PHOENIX NEWSPAPERS, INC.; Randy Collier; Darrow Tully; Richard Robertson; Tom Fitzpatrick; Pat Flannery; Tony Natale; Pat Murphy; Susan Leonard; Phil Sunkel; Alan Moyer; Lynne Holt; Jay Brashear; John Kolbe; and Victor Dricks, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department B.

Review Granted January 14, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DeJong, Poltrock & Giampietro by Wayne B. Giampietro, Chicago, Ill., Marton & Hall by Kraig J. Marton, Phoenix, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Gust, Rosenfeld, & Henderson by James F. Henderson, Phoenix, for defendants-appellees.

OPINION

JACOBSON, Presiding Judge.

The primary issue on this appeal is whether the trial court properly determined that the newspaper articles published by the defendant did not constitute the outrageous conduct necessary to state a cause of action for "false light" invasion of privacy.

This action for libel and false light publication was brought by Richard G. Godbehere, the Sheriff of Maricopa County, together with numerous employees of the Maricopa...

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