JANKLOW v. KELLER

Nos. 11588, 11589.

241 N.W.2d 364 (1976)

William JANKLOW, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. John KELLER et al., Defendants and Respondents. Bernard CHRISTIANSEN, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. John KELLER et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

April 23, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Rick Johnson of Johnson, Johnson & Eklund, for plaintiffs and appellants.

D. R. Herman of Herman & Wernke, Gregory, for defendant and respondent, John Keller.

Sidney B. Strange of Strange & Lyons, Sioux Falls, Dennis Roberts, Oakland, Cal., Mary K. O'Melveny of Cohn, Glickstein, Lurie, Ostrin & Lubell, New York City, for defendants and respondents, Mark Lane and William Kunstler.


HALL, Circuit Judge.

The captioned cases, which arise from the same facts and present the same legal questions, were argued together and will be dealt with together in this opinion.

Plaintiff-appellants brought these actions seeking damages from the defendants for deceit and defamation. The trial court dismissed each action for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. Basically, the dismissals...

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