Legal Opinion
Long v. Egnor
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided July 3, 1986No. 16825PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Chief Justice:
In this case, we are being asked to prohibit further proceedings in a libel action filed by the individual members of the Ca-bell County Board of Education against the West Virginia Education Association (hereinafter “WVEA”) and Bill Long, a WVEA employee responsible for representing WVEA members in administrative proceedings.
The alleged defamatory publication is a memorandum from Mr. Long, acting on behalf of the WVEA, to some of its members in Cabell County. The memorandum, which has the WVEA letterhead at the top of the page, contains a reference heading which states:…
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