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Date: 07-27-2019
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Case Number: 2:19-cv-00019-WOB-CJS
Judge: William O. Bertelsman
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky (Kenton County)
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Defendant's Attorney: Bethany A. Breetz, Katherine Moran Meeks, Kevin T. Baine, Nicholas G. Gamse, Philip W. Collier, Thomas G. Hentoff, Whitney G. Woodward, William G. Geisen
Description: Knoxville, KY: Ted Sandmann and Julie Sandman, next friends of Nicholas Sandman sued the WP Company, LLC, d/b/a Washington Post on libel and slander theories claiming that it defamed him in articles and posts issued about an encounter between Nicholas and a Native American elder in Washington, DC early in 2019.
The Post moved for dismissal claiming that the opinions expressed by it were protected by the First Amendmant.
Outcome: 07/26/2019 47 OPINION & ORDER: That the Post's motion to dismiss 27 be, and is hereby GRANTED. Signed by Judge William O. Bertelsman on 7/26/2019.(ECO)cc: COR (Entered: 07/26/2019)
07/26/2019 48 JUDGMENT: That the Complaint herein be, and is hereby, DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. Signed by Judge William O. Bertelsman on 7/26/2019.(ECO)cc: COR (Entered: 07/26/2019)
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