# Ronwin v. Shapiro

> Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · October 1, 1981 · 657 F.2d 1071

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/8913860

## Case

- **Full name:** Edward RONWIN v. Richard W. SHAPIRO and Jane Doe Shapiro, Husband and Wife Bruce Dickinson, a single man and, The Board of Regents of the Universities and State Colleges of Arizona
- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- **Decided:** October 1, 1981
- **Citations:** 657 F.2d 1071; 7 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 2100
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Ferguson
- **Judges:** Boochever, Ferguson, Hatter
- **Cited by:** 79 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- **Yellow flag:** Disagreed with by Demery v. Kupperman, 735 F.2d 1139 (1984).
- Negative treatments: 1
- Distinguished by: 0
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/8913860

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- concluding that the Supreme Court of the State of Arizona would adopt a “fair report” privilege consistent with the Restatement (Second) of Torts § 611
- holding that the state is not the real party in interest, even assuming that defendants would be reimbursed under Arizona's indemnification statute
- stating that a state's consent to be sued in state court does not necessarily imply consent to be sued in federal court

## Opinion text

FERGUSON, Circuit Judge,
concurring:
I fully concur in the disposition of the case, but disagree with the application of Eleventh Amendment doctrine. The discussion of immunity of state defendants is unnecessary to the result of the case and is not controlling. When an issue is rendered dictum by a dispositive issue, it should be excluded to avoid misplaced reliance in subsequent cases.

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