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CHURCH, ETC. v. MINNESOTA STATE MED. ASS'N

No. 47457.

264 N.W.2d 152 (1978)

The CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY OF MINNESOTA, Appellant, v. MINNESOTA STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION, et al., Respondents, John LaBree, etc., et al., Defendants, American Medical Association, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

March 17, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Zeddies and William Starr, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Geraghty, O'Loughlin & Kenney and David C. Hutchinson, St. Paul, for Minn. St. Med. Assoc.

Jardine, Logan & O'Brien, Donald M. Jardine and Kent E. Charpentier, St. Paul, for Am. Med. Assoc.

Heard before ROGOSHESKE, PETERSON and WAHL, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.

PETERSON, Justice.

Plaintiff, The Church of Scientology of Minnesota, brought this action for libel and appeals from the summary judgment granted to all defendants. We affirm as to some defendants on the ground that the action is barred by the statute of limitations and as to the remaining defendants on the ground that their acts do not constitute publication of a libel.

The complaint alleges that Scientology is a religion which was founded in 1952 by L. Ron...

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