Legal Opinion
Duc Tan v. Le
Washington Supreme Court
Decided May 9, 2013No. 86021-1PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMadsen, C.J.
¶1 In 2003, members of the Committee Against the Viet Cong Flag disseminated an e-mail message throughout the Olympia Vietnamese community accusing Due Tan and the Vietnamese Community of Thurston County (VCTC), a nonprofit corporation, of engaging in pro-Communist activities. Additionally, defendant Norman Le authored three newsletter articles repeating allegations from the e-mail and also accusing Tan and the VCTC of being undercover Viet Cong agents. Tan and the VCTC sued the authors of the publications for defamation.
¶2 The trial judge determined that Tan and the VCTC were public figures…
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