Legal Opinion
Mercer v. City of Cedar Rapids
District Court, N.D. Iowa
Decided January 24, 2001No. C98-143MWBPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER REGARDING DEFENDANTS’ RENEWED MOTION FOR JUDGMENT AS A MATTER OF LAW AND, ALTERNATIVELY, MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL
BENNETT, Chief Judge.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
J. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND .1230
II. LEGAL ANALYSIS.1230
A. Motion For Judgment As A Matter Of Law .1230
1. Applicable standards.1230
2. Sufficiency of the Evidence.1232
a. Nature of the statements.1232
b. Findings of actual malice.1234
c. Protected expressions of idea.1236
d. Defense of truth.1237
e. Damages. 1238
3. Jury Instructions on Actual Malice.1240
4. Admission of Evidence.1240
5. Defense of Qualified Privilege .1240
B.…
2Cases cited65 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2000
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Teresa L. Mercer, Plaintiff-Appellant/cross v. City of Cedar Rapids William Byrne, Defendants-Appellees/crossCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2002
- Top of Iowa Cooperative v. ScheweDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 2001
- Teresa Mercer v. City of Cedar RapidsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2002