Legal Opinion
Marchant Investment & Management Co. v. St. Anthony West Neighborhood Organization, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided April 5, 2005No. A04-900PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LANSING, Judge.
In litigation between a real-estate developer and a neighborhood organization, the district court applied the participation-in-government immunity provided by Minn. Stat. §§ 554.01-.05 (2004) to grant judgment on the pleadings for the neighborhood organization. The developer appeals the judgment as it relates to its defamation claim and the attendant order for attorneys’ fees. Because the developer’s allegations do not clearly and convincingly demonstrate that the neighborhood organization’s statements declare or imply a provably false assertion of defamatory fact, the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Jefferson County School District No. R-1 v. Moody's Investor's Services, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1999
- Luther Haynes and Dorothy Haynes v. Alfred A. Knopf, Incorporated, and Nicholas LemannCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- Martens v. Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 2000
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