Legal Opinion
LeDoux v. Northwest Publishing, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided September 6, 1994No. C8-93-2594PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KALITOWSKI, Judge.
A jury found that appellants Northwest Publishing, Inc., d/b/a Duluth-News Tribune, James V. Gels, Virgil Swing, and Tom Fre-drickson defamed respondent Richard J. Le-Doux, a city employee, in two news articles and two editorials published in the Duluth News-Tribune. Appellants contend the trial court erred in concluding that LeDoux was a private figure and erred in denying their motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or, in the alternative, a new trial, with respect to the issues of: (1) whether the news articles were false; (2) whether the editorials were…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1990
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3Cited by8 opinions
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