California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Kelley v. the Copley Press Inc., D056776 (Cal. App. 2011):
rather than provably false factual assertions"].) For example, in Copp v. Paxton (1996) 45 Cal.App.4th 829, at page 837, the court noted that other courts have regarded as nondefamatory any " 'broad, unfocused and wholly subjective comment,' [citation] such as that the plaintiff was a 'shady practitioner' [citation], 'crook' [citation], or 'crooked politician' [citation]."
2. Application
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