STEELE v. SPOKESMAN-REVIEW

No. 27174.

61 P.3d 606 (2002)

138 Idaho 249

Edgar J. STEELE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The SPOKESMAN-REVIEW, Cowles Publishing Company, William Stacey Cowles, Bill Morlin, Chris Peck and Does 1-100, Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Idaho. Coeur d'Alene, September 2002.

December 31, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edgar J. Steele, Sandpoint, pro se appellant, argued.

Witherspoon, Kelley, Davenport & Toole, P.S., Coeur d'Alene, for respondents. Duane M. Swinton argued.


WALTERS, Justice.

This is an action claiming damages for defamation, invasion of privacy, and intentional infliction of emotional distress against the Spokesman-Review newspaper for purportedly libelous statements and innuendo contained in an article reporting on Edgar Steele's decision to represent the Aryan Nations in the Kootenai County District Court case of Keenan v. Aryan Nations. Because of the truth of the statements complained of by Steele, we affirm...

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