Metropolitan News-Enterprise
daily legal newspaper published in Los Angeles, California
Metropolitan News-Enterprise, also known as MetNews or Met News, is a daily legal newspaper published in Los Angeles, California.
History
The Enterprise newspaper was founded in 1901 and the Metropolitan News in 1945. The two newspapers merged to become Metropolitan News-Enterprise in 1987. The newspaper's co-publishers are lawyers Roger Grace and Jo-Ann Grace, a husband-and-wife team.
Influence
MetNews is well known for its thorough coverage of judicial campaigns in the Los Angeles area. For example, in 2008 the newspaper determined that William Daniel Johnson, a candidate for Los Angeles County Superior Court, was "a white supremacist who has advocated the deportation of non-whites from the United States."
The newspaper began honoring selected legal professionals as "Persons of the Year" in 1983. Since then, honorees have included Victor E. Chavez, Tani Cantil-Sakauye, Steve Cooley, George Deukmejian, Ronald M. George, Mildred Lillie, Dan Lungren, Stanley Mosk, and Deanell Reece Tacha.
Controversies
In 1992, the newspaper filed a lawsuit against the presiding judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court alleging that the judge falsely imprisoned three employees for distributing a parody memorandum supposedly signed by the judge. In turn, the judge countersued the newspaper for defamation. After appeals, the lawsuit by the judge was eventually decided in favor of the newspaper; in 1994, the newspaper received $40,000 in a settlement for its lawsuit against the judge.
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