Malin v. Lee Enterprises, Inc.
Craig Malin, Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee
Lee Enterprises, Inc, Lee Publications, Inc., d/b/a Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier, St. Louis Post Dispatch, LLC, d/b/a St. Louis Post Dispatch, Roy Biondi, Ray Ferris, Tod Robberson and Kevin Mowbray, Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants
Attorney for Appellant/Cross-Appellee
Theodore Sporer
Attorneys for Appellees/Cross-Appellants
Ian J. Russell
Abbey C. Furlong
Jenny L. Juehring
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Scott County, Stuart P. Werling, Judge. AFFIRMED ON APPEAL AND CROSS-APPEAL. Heard by Tabor, P.J., and Ahlers and Chicchelly, JJ. Opinion by Ahlers, J. (8 pages)
A plaintiff appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendants in this defamation case. The defendants cross-appeal asserting the district court should have granted summary judgment on an additional basis. OPINION HOLDS: The district court correctly granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants because the publications alleged to be defamatory contained factual and opinion statements protected by the First Amendment. Because we affirm the grant of summary judgment in favor the defendants we need not address their cross-appeal advocating an alternative basis to affirm.
