Legal Opinion
Stevens v. Iowa Newspapers, Inc.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided March 9, 2007No. 04-0987PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LARSON, Justice.
Todd Stevens brought a libel suit against Iowa Newspapers, Inc., as owner, and Susan Harman and Erik Brooks, reporter and editor, respectively, of the Ames Tribune. The district court granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment, and the plaintiff appealed. The court of appeals affirmed in part and reversed in part. We granted further review and now affirm the decision of the court of appeals, reverse the judgment of the district court, and remand.
I. Facts and Prior Proceedings.
The facts, as produced in the summary judgment record, are undisputed. In November 1998 Todd…
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