«This is the first case in the United States in which a court has affirmed that how a church conducts its baptisms is only the business of the church and is not subject to
interference by the civil courts,» attorney John Tucker said.
In light of these observations, the Appeal
Court,
by balancing the different protected interests, ruled that,
by refusing, in the specific context of the case and without reasonable cause, to accept the doctor's request for anonymisation, although this request was part of a legitimate claim of right to be forgotten, and did not constitute a disproportionate
interference in the freedom of expression of the press, the editor was at fault within the meaning of Article 1382 of the
Civil Code and caused prejudice to the doctor.
Represented client in appeal where the appellate
court held that tort actions were properly brought for
civil conspiracy and tortious
interference for actions taken
by a corporate parent to interfere with the contract involving a joint venture of which its subsidiary was a member.