D.A.R.E. America v. Rolling Stone Magazine

270 F.3d 793 (9th Cir. 2001) D.A.R.E. AMERICA, A CALIFORNIA NON-PROFIT CORPORATION; GLENN LEVANT, AN INDIVIDUAL, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS v. ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE, WHOSE LEGAL NAME IS WENNER MEDIA, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION; JANN WENNER, AN INDIVIDUAL; ROBERT LOVE, AN INDIVIDUAL, DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES No. 00-55939 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT Argued and Submitted October 12, 2001 Filed October 24, 2001 Louis R. Miller, Christensen, Miller, Fink, Jacobs, Glaser, Weil & Shapiro, LLP, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiffs-appellants. Elizabeth A. McNamara, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, New York, New York, for the defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California; Virginia A. Phillips, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-99-01132-VAP Before: Brunetti, Rymer, and Wardlaw, Circuit Judges. Rymer, Circuit Judge: 1 D.A.R.E. America and Glenn A. Levant, its founder and President, brought suit against Rolling Stone Magazine for defamation arising out of an article entitled "Truth & D.A.R.E." and two Editor's Notes about the article and its author, Stephen Glass, published in July and August 1998.…