Legal Opinion
Roskowski v. Corvallis Police Officers' Ass'n
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 10, 2007No. 05-35737PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM*
Pamela Roskowski appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to Corvallis Police Officers’ Association (CPOA) and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 223. We affirm.(1) Roskowski, a former police chief of the City of Corvallis, Oregon, was a public figure. Because of that, she cannot prevail on her claims of libel unless she can show by clear and convincing evidence that any false statements of fact1 were made with actual malice. See Masson v. New Yorker Magazine, Inc., 501 U.S. 496, 509-11, 111 S.Ct. 2419, 2429-30, 115 L.Ed.2d 447 (1991); Harte-Hanks…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Masson v. New Yorker Magazine, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Harte-Hanks Communications, Inc. v. ConnaughtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Klayman v. ZuckerbergDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2012