WISHNATSKY v. BERGQUIST

Civil No. 950172.

550 N.W.2d 394 (1996)

Martin WISHNATSKY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Paul BERGQUIST, individually and as editor of the NDSU Spectrum; John Willoughby, individually and as an NDSU police officer; Thomas Bernd, individually and as an NDSU police officer; Tim Lee, Chief of Police, North Dakota State University; James Ozbun, President, North Dakota State University, Defendants and Appellees.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

Rehearing Denied June 27, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Wishnatsky, Fargo, pro se.

Mark B. Bring (argued), of Vogel, Kelly, Knutson, Weir, Bye & Hunke, Ltd., Fargo, for defendants and appellees.


MESCHKE, Justice.

Martin Wishnatsky appeals from a summary judgment dismissing his claims for false arrest against officials of North Dakota State University (NDSU) and the editor of the NDSU student newspaper. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

In early 1993, Wishnatsky, who was not an NDSU student, sought to place ads expressing his anti-abortion views in the NDSU student newspaper, the Spectrum. He met with Paul Bergquist, editor of the Spectrum...

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