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YEAGLE v. COLLEGIATE TIMES

Record No. 971304.

497 S.E.2d 136 (1998)

Sharon D. YEAGLE v. COLLEGIATE TIMES.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

February 27, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leisa Kube Ciaffone (S.D. Roberts Moore; Mark W. Dellinger; Gentry, Locke, Rakes & Moore, on briefs), Roanoke, for appellant.

James R. Creekmore (Daniel S. Brown; Frank K. Friedman; Woods, Rogers & Hazlegrove, on brief), Roanoke, for appellee.

The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression; The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press; The Student Press Law Center (J. Joshua Wheeler; Robert M. O'Neil, Charlottesville, on brief), amici curiae, in support of appellee.

All the Justices

LACY, Justice.

In this appeal, we consider whether the trial court correctly dismissed a defamation action because the phrase at issue could not reasonably be interpreted as stating actual facts about the plaintiff as a matter of law.

Sharon D. Yeagle is employed as an assistant to the Vice President of Student Affairs at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. As part of her responsibilities, she facilitated...

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