Ruling by
Milan D. Smith Jr.Lower Court
USDC Southern District of CaliforniaLower Court Judge
Cynthia A. BashantExaggerated statement, cushioned within undisputed news story could not reasonably be understood to imply assertion of objective fact in order to amount to defamation.
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