ZUTZ v. NELSON

No. 09-1462.

601 F.3d 842 (2010)

Loren J. ZUTZ; Elden J. Elseth, Appellants, v. John NELSON; Arlyn Stroble; Nick Drees; Douglas Kamrowski; Rough-Rider Legal Support Services, Inc.; Danny Omdahl, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: April 15, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Allan Sortland, argued, Minneapolis, MN, for appellants.

Lindsay Grier Arthur, Jr., argued, Kirsten J. Hensen, on the brief, Minneapolis, MN, for appellees John Nelson and Arlyn Stroble.

John M. Bjorkman, argued, Mark A. Solheim and Paula D. Vraa, on the brief, St. Paul MN, for appellees Nick Drees and Danny Omdahl.

Victor Lund, argued, Richard P. Mahoney, on the brief, Minneapolis, MN, for appellees Douglas Kamrowski and Rough-Rider Legal Support Services.

Before BYE, BEAM, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.


BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Loren Zutz and Elden Elseth, members of the Middle-Snake-Tamarac Rivers Watershed District Board (Board), filed this action alleging state law defamation and violations of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the six appellees whom we divide into three different groups: (1) co-Board members John Nelson and Arlyn Stroble; (2) an administrator and an employee of the Board Nick Drees and Danny Omdahl and (3) the investigative consulting firm RoughRider...

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