Legal Opinion
Armstrong v. Tanaka
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided March 19, 2010No. S-13311PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FABE, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
After Jared Armstrong gave James Tana-ka's fourteen-year-old son a book entitled "Satan Burger," Tanaka reported Armstrong to the police. The police obtained a search warrant for Armstrong's house and arrested Armstrong at his workplace. The State of Alaska eventually charged Armstrong with several counts of felony possession and distribution of child pornography.
After his arrest, but before the State filed its charges, Armstrong initiated a defamation suit against Tanaka that is the subject of this appeal. To defend himself against Armstrong's defamation…
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