Legal Opinion
Zutz v. Nelson
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 15, 2010No. 09-1462PublishedCited by 511 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
Loren Zutz and Elden Elseth, members of the Middle-Snake-Tamarae Rivers Watershed District Board (Board), filed this action alleging state law defamation and violations of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the six appellees whom we divide into three different groups: (1) co-Board members John Nelson and Arlyn Stroble; (2) an administrator and an employee of the Board Nick Drees and Danny Omdahl and (3) the investigative consulting firm RoughRider Legal Support Services, Inc. (RoughRider) and its employee Douglas Kamrowski. The complaint also sought a declaration that Zutz and…
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