<<The problems started when Life magazine ran a piece
on the play,
including a mention of the real life incident, and the Hill
family
successfully sued Time/Life for portraying them in a
"false
light"--because the play made them out to be *braver* than
they were in
real life.>>
As a minor league example of the same, I know that a student
at my alma
mater sued the university because he got *too high a
grade,
undeservedly*. I think the case was settled by lowering the
grade...
<<(As a historical footnote, Richard Nixon was the
Hills' lawyer, and
the case can be found at 385 U.S. 374 (1967).)>>
Now this makes Vicky's post hardboiled. Wasn't Ellroy
planning a book
covering the Nixon years? There's got to be quite a
hardboiled story
there.
Regards,
mt
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