SALYER v. SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER, INC.

Civil Action No. 3:09-CV-44-H.

701 F.Supp.2d 912 (2009)

Robert E. SALYER, Plaintiff v. THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, W.D. Kentucky, at Louisville.

December 7, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Carroll, Carroll & Turner, PSC, Monticello, KY, for Plaintiff.

James L. Adams, Jon L. Fleischaker, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, Louisville, KY, Kimberly Bessiere Martin, Michael P. Huff, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Huntsville, AL, Russell B. Morgan, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP, Nashville, TN, for Defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

JOHN G. HEYBURN, II, District Judge.

Plaintiff, Robert E. Salyer, brought this action in Jefferson County (Kentucky) Circuit Court alleging that Defendant, The Southern Poverty Law Center, Inc., published defamatory statements about him in its 2006 "Intelligence Report," which was published in a print magazine and online. Plaintiff filed suit on December 18, 2008. Defendant removed the case to this Court on diversity grounds.

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