Moreno v. Crookston Times Printing Co.

OPINION

PAUL H. ANDERSON, Justice.

Crookston Times Printing Co., d/b/a Crookston Daily Times, appeals a Minnesota .Court of Appeals decision reversing a district court grant of summary judgment on a defamation claim brought by Crook-ston Police Officer Gerardo Moreno. The Times asks us to decide whether the fair and accurate reporting privilege protects a Times’ article that reported allegedly defamatory statements made by a local citizen during a city council meeting. Officer Moreno cross-appeals on whether the district court properly applied the fair and accurate reporting privilege to the…