ROOTS v. MONTANA HUMAN RIGHTS NETWORK

No. 95-490.

913 P.2d 638 (1996)

Roger ROOTS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. The MONTANA HUMAN RIGHTS NETWORK, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided March 21, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger Roots, Billings, pro se.

Calvin J. Stacey, Stacey & Walen, Billings, John G. Crist, Dorsey & Whitney, Billings, for Respondent.


TURNAGE, Chief Justice.

Roger Roots filed a complaint in the Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Yellowstone County, alleging that the Montana Human Rights Network (MHRN) defamed him by publishing a booklet in which it described him as an organizer for the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). The court granted summary judgment for MHRN. We vacate and remand.

The issue is whether summary judgment was proper.

MHRN is a private nonprofit Montana corporation. In May 1994...

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