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ANDERSON v. CITY OF TROY

No. 01-761.

68 P.3d 805 (2003)

2003 MT 128

William Allen ANDERSON, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. The CITY OF TROY, Montana, and Mitch Walters, Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided April 29, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Douglas, Douglas Law Firm, Libby, Montana, For Appellant.

Mikel L. Moore, Christensen, Moore, Cockrell, Cummings & Axelberg, P.C., Kalispell, Montana, For Respondents.

Justice JIM RICE delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 William Allen Anderson sought legal redress from the City of Troy and its Chief of Police for slander. On summary judgment, the Nineteenth Judicial District Court, Lincoln County, held that the term "gang banger" does not impart a clear defamatory meaning. We affirm.

¶ 2 The dispositive issue on appeal is whether the District Court erred in granting summary judgment as a matter of law to the...

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