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ABERCROMBIE v. McCLUNG

No. 5391.

525 P.2d 594 (1974)

Neil ABERCROMBIE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. David C. McCLUNG, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

July 25, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tobias C. Tolzmann, Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen., Honolulu, for defendant-appellant.

David C. Schutter, Honolulu, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., KOBAYASHI, OGATA and MENOR, JJ., and SODETANI, Circuit Judge, in place of LEVINSON, J., disqualified.

KOBAYASHI, Justice:

This is an appeal by State Senator Clung (appellant) from a denial of the trial court of appellant's motion for summary judgment filed in a slander suit brought by Neil Abercrombie (appellee).

We reverse.

The appellant contends that the statements made by him, in his legislative office next to the Senate chambers during an interview by a newspaper reporter elaborating on a speech made by...

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