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McDONALD v. JOHN P. SCRIPPS NEWSPAPER

Docket No. B032591.

210 Cal.App.3d 100 (1989)

257 Cal. Rptr. 473

GAVIN L. McDONALD, a Minor, etc., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. JOHN P. SCRIPPS NEWSPAPER et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Six.

April 12, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

J.N. Wiedman and Scott Gsell for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Christopher S. Teske, Edward R. Neville and Baraban & Teske for Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

GILBERT, J.

Question — When should an attorney say "no" to a client? Answer — When asked to file a lawsuit like this one.

Master Gavin L. McDonald did not win the Ventura County Spelling Bee. Therefore, through his guardian ad litem,1 he sued. Gavin alleges that contest officials improperly allowed the winner of the spelling bee to compete. Gavin claimed that had the officials...

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