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MADISON v. YUNKER

No. 13741.

589 P.2d 126 (1978)

A.P. MADISON, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Carey Matovich YUNKER, Individually and as Editor of the Montana Kaimin, the University of Montana Student Newspaper, The Montana Kaimin, et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided August 31, 1978.

Rehearing Denied October 16, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Boone, Karlberg & Haddon, Missoula, Sam E. Haddon (argued), Missoula, for appellant.

Carlton & Stephens, Billings, Herron & Meloy, Helena, Peter M. Meloy (argued), Helena, Bruce B. Barrett (argued), Missoula, Richard Volinkaty (argued), Missoula, Garlington, Lohn & Robinson, Missoula, Gary Graham (argued), Missoula, for respondents.

Brinton Markle, Helena, amicus curiae.

DALY, Justice.

Plaintiff appeals from the order of the District Court, Missoula County, granting defendants' motion to dismiss plaintiff's cause of action for libel and from the entry of judgment for defendants.

The present cause of action arose out of a purported libelous publication written by defendant Carey Matovich Yunker (Yunker) and published in the October 8, 1974 edition of the Montana Kaimin, the University of Montana student newspaper. In...

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