Legal Opinion
Mendoza v. Gallup Independent Co.
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided August 16, 1988No. 10501PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GARCIA, Judge.
Defendants appeal the trial court’s denial of their motion for summary judgment in a defamation action. We granted defendants’ application for interlocutory appeal, which raised the following two issues: (1) whether the statement at issue constitutes opinion, as a matter of law and, accordingly, whether the trial court erred in denying defendants’ summary judgment motion; and (2) whether defendants made a prima facie showing that the statement, regardless of its nature, was made absent actual malice. We deem issue one to be dispositive and, accordingly, will not address…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Old Dominion Branch No. 496 v. AustinSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by7 opinions
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