Steidley v. Community Newspaper HoldIngs, Inc.

Bay Mitchell, Judge:

¶ 1 Plaintiff/Appellee Janice Steidley, who was then serving as the District Attorney for Rogers, Mayes, and Craig counties, along with two of her Assistant District Attorneys, Plaintiffs/Appellees David Iski and Sean McConnell (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) filed suit against Defendants/Appellants, the publisher of the Claremore Daily Progress, Bailey Dabney, the owner of the newspaper, Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. (“CNHI”), one of its reporters, Salesha Wilken, and an editorial writer, Randy Cowling (collectively, “Defendants”). Plaintiffs alleged that articles and…