Allred v. Cook

ELLETT, Chief Justice:

Plaintiff, a former superintendent of the North Sanpete School District, brought suit against three members of the North San-pete School Board and against one private citizen, alleging that he had been slandered by them. The trial court granted defendants’ motions to dismiss on the grounds that defendant Mower had a constitutional right to participate in the election process, that the complaint did not state a prima facie case for slander, and that the other defendants’ statements were privileged rendering them immune from suit.

Plaintiff brings this appeal, claiming…