Legal Opinion
Jay Campbell Kirk Lane v. Citizens for an Honest Government, Inc., D/B/A Integrity Films Jeremiah Films, Inc. Pat Matrisciana
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 10, 2001No. 00-1411PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
Pat Matrisciana, 2 through companies of which he is the chairman and president, produced and released a video indicating Jay Campbell and Kirk Lane, both law enforcement officers, had been implicated in the deaths of two teenage boys and a subsequent cover-up. Campbell and Lane responded by bringing this diversity action for defamation. A jury found Matrisciana liable and judgment was entered in favor of the officers. Because we find that the record does not support the verdict, we reverse.
I. BACKGROUND
The video, Obstruction of Justice: The Mena Connection, which was…
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