Legal Opinion
Carradine v. State
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided February 4, 1994No. C5-92-1070PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COYNE, Justice.
We agreed to review this case, which has not yet been tried, in order to address whether a state trooper enjoys an absolute privilege that affords him or her absolute immunity from a defamation suit for anything said in preparing an arrest report or in responding to press inquiries about the arrest.1
On July 9, 1987, plaintiff, Robert Reed Carradine, was stopped and arrested by a state trooper, defendant Patrick Chase, as he was driving to the airport to catch a flight. In his arrest report and in statements to jail personnel, to pi’osecutors and to a reporter, Chase said that…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Bradley v. FisherSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Barr v. MatteoSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Gregoire v. BiddleCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
- Yaselli v. GoffCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1926
- Standard Oil Co. v. City of LincolnSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Hopkins v. O'CONNORSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2007
- Bol v. ColeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1997
- Moreno v. Crookston Times Printing Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 2000
- Salazar v. Morales, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1995
- Ernst v. HinchliffDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 2015
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