Brennan v. Laramie Newspapers, Inc.

The plaintiffs filed a complaint alleging that defendant-Laramie Newspapers, Inc. had published a defamatory article of and concerning plaintiffs, and also alleging that defendant-Mickelson had slandered plaintiffs in the same manner. The cause was tried before a jury, and at the close of plaintiffs’ case the trial court granted defendants’ motions for directed verdicts.

This case arose as a result of a picture and story in the Laramie Daily Boomerang on April 30, 1970, which paper was published by the defendant-Laramie Newspapers, Inc. The picture showed defendant-Mickelson holding a quart…