CULLITON v. MIZE

No. C7-86-1367.

403 N.W.2d 853 (1987)

Ambrose CULLITON, et al., Appellants, v. Gregory MIZE, et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

April 14, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph J. Roby, Jr., Johnson, Killen, Thibodeau & Seiler, P.A., Duluth, for appellants.

Timothy O. Lee, Duluth, for respondents.

Heard, considered and decided by SEDGWICK, P.J., and LANSING and CRIPPEN, JJ.


OPINION

LANSING, Judge.

Four Wrenshall town officials brought a defamation action against two non-media defendants for statements on matters of public concern distributed at a public hearing. The officials stipulated they could not prove the statements were made with actual malice. In a carefully reasoned memorandum, the trial court applied the New York Times v. Sullivan standard of actual malice...

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