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BARNETTE v. WILSON

1960308-CER.

706 So.2d 1164 (1997)

Greg BARNETTE and Mike Mosko v. John WILSON.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

November 14, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Greg Burge and Joseph W. Buffington of Heninger, Burge & Vargo, Birmingham, for plaintiffs.

J. Bernard Brannon, Jr., of Brannon & Guy, P.C., Montgomery, for defendant.

HOOPER, Chief Justice.

Greg Barnette and Mike Mosko, both former City of Montgomery police officers, filed a slander action against John Wilson, the chief of police for the City of Montgomery, in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. That federal court, acting pursuant to Rule 18, Ala.R.App.P., certified to this Court the following question:

"Is a person who publishes a slander at a press conference responsible for damages caused...

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