ANDREASEN, Justice.
A church member, whose church membership had been taken away, sued church officials for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The district court granted the church officials' motion for summary judgment and dismissed the case. On appeal, we affirm.
I. Background.
In 1990 John B. Marks' membership in the Trinity Reformed Church of Allison, Iowa (Trinity) was suspended and he was later excommunicated...
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