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CHASTAIN v. KANSAS CITY STAR

No. WD 58879.

50 S.W.3d 286 (2001)

Clay CHASTAIN, Appellant Pro-Se, v. KANSAS CITY STAR, Emanuel Cleaver, and Jeffrey Spivak, Respondents.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied July 24, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clay Chastain, Kansas City, Pro Se.

David Vogle and Timothy McNamara, Kansas City, for Respondent.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied July 24, 2001.

HOLLIGER, Judge.

Clay Chastain appeals the trial court's judgment1 dismissing his defamation petition for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. Chastain's petition claimed that the then Mayor Emanuel Cleaver made defamatory statements that were then quoted by writer Jeffrey Spivak in a Kansas City Star article. Finding that the matters...

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