Legal Opinion
Wynn v. Chanos
District Court, N.D. California
Decided December 16, 2014No. Case No. 14-cv-04329-WHOPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS
Re: Dkt. No. 16
WILLIAM H. ORRICK, United States District Judge
Plaintiffs Stephen Wynn and Wynn Resorts, Ltd. (collectively, “Wynn”) allege that defendant James Chanos falsely stated that Wynn violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) at a symposium at the University of California at Berkeley. That is not what Chanos said. I find that Chanos’s statements regarding Wynn and - the FCPA violations do not constitute slander per se and were protected opinions, not assertions of fact. In addition, the complaint does not adequately plead actual malice. Chanos…
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