SPOEHR v. MITTELSTADT


34 Wis.2d 653 (1967)

SPOEHR, Respondent, v. MITTELSTADT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

May 9, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by Ross, Stevens, Pick Spohn, attorneys, and Frank A. Ross and Jack F. Olson of counsel, all of Madison, and oral argument by Frank A. Ross,

For the respondent there was a brief and oral, argument by William L. McCusker of Madison.


BEILFUSS, J.

The issue presented is: Was the alleged defamatory statement:privileged so as to make the appellant immune from a slander action for damages?

For the purpose of the motion for summary judgment, the parties agree that the statement as alleged in the complaint was made by the appellant, Mittelstadt; that the statement is not true; that the statement would not have been proper at the trial of the action; and that the pretrial conference was a judicial...

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