Legal Opinion
Soojung Jang v. Trs. of St. Johnsbury Acad.
District Court, D. Vermont
Decided July 6, 2018No. Civil Action No. 2:17-cv-162-jmcPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
(Docs. 8, 11, 25)
John M. Conroy, United States Magistrate Judge
On August 31, 2017, Plaintiff Soojung Jang, Ph.D., a citizen and resident of Seoul, Republic of Korea, commenced this libel and defamation action against the Trustees of St. Johnsbury Academy (the Academy) and Kingdom Development Company, Inc. (KDC). (Doc. 1.) The Academy and KDC were part of a successful effort to establish the St. Johnsbury Academy-Jeju on Jeju Island in the Republic of Korea, which opened in late October 2017. (Doc. 8 at 7.) On July 16, 2016, prior to the opening of the school, an attorney for the Academy and…
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