Fleury v. Harper & Row

698 F.2d 1022 9 Media L. Rep. 1200 Darcia M. FLEURY, Donald L. Fleury, Susan Adele Fleury, and Darleen Ann Fleury, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HARPER & ROW, PUBLISHERS, INC., a foreign corporation; Mannitou Enterprises Unlimited, Inc., a foreign corporation; and Linda Goodman, Defendants-Appellees. No. 81-5830. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Sept. 7, 1982. Decided Feb. 9, 1983. 1 Stanley Fleishman, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants. 2 Paul P. Selvin, Selvin & Weiner, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees. 3 Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. 4 Before ELY and CHOY, Circuit Judges, and THOMPSON, * District judge. BRUCE R. THOMPSON, District Judge: 5 This is a diversity action for invasion of privacy, libel, intentional infliction of emotional distress and injunctive relief (stated in four separate claims for relief), arising from the publication by defendants of the book "Love Signs" authored by defendant Linda Goodman. The district court's jurisdiction was predicated on 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1332 (a). The appeal is from an order of the district court granting summary judgment for…