Summit Bank v. Rogers

Summit Bank v. Rogers

STATUS: Lawsuit dismissed in May 2012.

Cal. App.: Court Rejects 1917 Law on Defaming Banks
San Francisco Chronicle
A state appeals court has ordered the dismissal of an Oakland bank's suit against a vociferous online critic and struck down a 95 yr old state law that makes it a crime to make false statements or spread rumors about a bank's financial condition.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/05/31/BUUM1OPIUN.DTL

>>Opinion: Summit Bank v. Rogers
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/opinions/documents/A129800.PDF

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