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SPREEN v. SMITH

Docket No. 85545.

153 Mich. App. 1 (1986)

394 N.W.2d 123

SPREEN v. SMITH

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided July 7, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Gagniuk & Associates (by Robert W. Gagniuk), for plaintiff.

Butzel, Long, Gust, Klein & Van Zile (by Richard E. Rassel and James E. Stewart), for defendant.

Before: M.J. KELLY, P.J., and SHEPHERD and C.W. SIMON, JJ.

SHEPHERD, J.

Defendants appeal by leave granted from a circuit court order denying their motion for summary disposition under MCR 2.116(C)(10) on plaintiff's defamation action. We reverse and remand for entry of summary disposition.

Plaintiff was the duly-elected sheriff of Oakland County at the time of the alleged defamation. The Detroit News article of December 23, 1981, upon which the claim is primarily based...

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