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Cal. Civil Code § 3425.3 (2026)

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No person shall have more than one cause of action for damages for libel or slander or invasion of privacy or any other tort founded upon any single publication or exhibition or utterance, such as any one issue of a newspaper or book or magazine or any one presentation to an audience or any one broadcast over radio or television or any one exhibition of a motion picture. Recovery in any action shall include all damages for any such tort suffered by the plaintiff in all jurisdictions.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 42 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1973–2024 · leading case: Strick v. Superior Court, 143 Cal. App. 3d 916 (Cal. Ct. App. 1983).
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Strick v. Superior Court, 143 Cal. App. 3d 916 (Cal. Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 7× “The superior court granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment as to the plaintiffs’ first four causes of action in their first amended complaint but gave them thirty (30) days leave to amend the third and fourth causes of action of their amended complaint to set forth…”
Shively v. Bozanich, 80 P.3d 676 (Cal. 2003). · cites it 2× “(Civ. Code, § 3425.3, added by Stats. 1955, ch.”
Roberts v. McAfee, Inc., 660 F.3d 1156 (9th Cir. 2011). · cites it 2× “California Civil Code § 3425.3 sets forth a “single-publication” rule that governs the statute of limitations analysis where a statement made in a mass communication forms the basis of a tort action: No person shall have more than one cause of action for damages for libel or…”
Traditional Cat Ass'n., Inc. v. Gilbreath, 2004 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 3899 (Cal. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 2× “(Civ. Code, § 3425.3 (added by Stats. 1955, ch.”
Miller v. Collectors Universe, Inc., 72 Cal. Rptr. 3d 194 (Cal. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 3× “” (Civ. Code, § 3425.3.) Miller goes on to argue that the single-publication rule does not apply to the instant facts, principally because each COA had a different serial number and authenticated a separate item for a separate customer.”
Charles Yeager v. Connie Bowlin, 693 F.3d 1076 (9th Cir. 2012). ““The single-publication rule limits tort claims premised on mass communications to a single cause of action that accrues upon the first publication of the communication, thereby sparing the courts from litigation of stale claims when an offending book or magazine is resold years…”
Christoff v. Nestle USA, Inc., 213 P.3d 132 (Cal. 2009). · cites it 2× “In particular, I agree that without a better factual record we cannot determine how California's single publication rule (Civ. Code, § 3425.3 (hereafter section 3425.”
Wilbanks v. Wolk, 2004 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 7575 (Cal. Ct. App. 2004). “) Finally, we decline to find that the “single-publication rule” (Civ. Code, § 3425.3) defeats plaintiffs’ claims.”
Hebrew Academy of San Francisco v. Goldman, 173 P.3d 1004 (Cal. 2007). · cites it 2× “founded upon any single publication or exhibition or utterance, such as any one issue of a newspaper or book or magazine...." We recognized in Shively that the single-publication rule also indirectly addresses the second concern that would be raised by applying to publications…”
M. G. v. Time Warner, Inc., 29 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1883 (Cal. Ct. App. 2001). “2d 1177 ], 40 Civil Code section 3425.3; Grimes v. Carter (1966) 241 Cal.”
John Doe v. Gangland Prods., Inc., 730 F.3d 946 (9th Cir. 2013). “le Pursuant to California’s Uniform Single Publication Act: No person shall have more than one cause of action for damages for libel or slander or invasion of privacy or any other tort founded upon any single publication or exhibition or utterance, such as any one issue of a…”
Est. of Fuller v. Maxfield & Oberton Holdings, LLC, 906 F. Supp. 2d 997 (N.D. Cal. 2012). · cites it 2× “The so-called single publication rule is codified in California Civil Code § 3425.3, which provides that: No person shall have more than one cause of action for damages for libel or slander or invasion of privacy or any other tort founded upon any single publication or…”
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