Legal Opinion
Pegasus v. Reno Newspapers, Inc.
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided November 7, 2002No. 37291PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
By the Court,
Becker, L:
Appellants, David and Beverly Pegasus, owned and operated Salsa Dave’s, a Mexican-American eatery in Sparks, Nevada. Stacy Ferrante, a freelance journalist, wrote a negative review of Salsa Dave’s, which was published in the Reno Gazette-Journal (RGJ). The review contained allegedly false factual allegations. The Pegasuses filed a complaint against the RGJ, asserting that Ferrante’s review constituted defamation.
Following depositions, the RGJ moved for summary judgment. The district court granted the RGJ’s motion, concluding that the review contained only a…
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2Cases cited38 opinions
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- St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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