Legal Opinion
Rusakiewicz v. Lowe
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided February 24, 2009No. 07-4289PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCONNELL, Circuit Judge.
Ron Rusakiewicz and Paul Spera, the plaintiffs and appellants in this case, are or were members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW)- They distributed fliers at the 2005 VFW convention in Salt Lake City accusing defendant-appellee John Lowe and other officers of the California Department of the organization of fraud in connection with the organization’s membership rolls. Mr. Lowe sued Mr. Rusakiewicz and Mr. Spera for defamation in state court in Utah. The defamation suit was later dismissed with prejudice by agreement of the parties. Mr.…
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