Legal Opinion

Zutz v. Nelson

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided September 9, 2010No. A08-1764Published

1Opinion of the Court

788 N.W.2d 58 (2010)

Loren J. ZUTZ, et al., Appellants,

v.

John NELSON, et al., Respondents.

No. A08-1764.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

September 9, 2010.

Paul A. Sortland, Sortland Law Office, Minneapolis, MN, for appellants.

Lindsay G. Arthur, Jr., Beth Jenson Prouty, Arthur, Chapman, Kettering, Smetak & Pikala, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, for respondents.

OPINION

ANDERSON, G. BARRY, Justice.

This case involves the level of privilege from defamation liability applicable to subordinate government bodies such as watershed district boards. All four parties are board members of the Middle Snake Tamarac Rivers…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Tenney v. BrandhoveSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
  2. Barr v. MatteoSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
  3. Lake Country Estates, Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning AgencySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  4. Gregoire v. BiddleCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
  5. Bogan v. Scott-HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1998

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