Mumin v. Dees

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

In October 2001, appellant, Dukhan Iqraa Jihad Mumin, together with two other plaintiffs (collectively plaintiffs), filed a petition against appellees, Rick Dees and the KSRZ FM/Star 104.5 radio station. Mumin’s petition, brought pursuant to the “Nebraska [l]ibel, slander, and invasion of privacy statutes,” alleged appellees made several malicious, slanderous, and “very inflammatory” comments with respect to members of the Islamic faith. The petition claimed such comments incited violence against Muslims in the United States and endangered the lives of plaintiffs and of…