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MINER v. NOVOTNY

No. 141, September Term, 1984.

304 Md. 164 (1985)

498 A.2d 269

JOHN J. MINER v. JOSEPH A. NOVOTNY.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Reargued September 11, 1985.

Decided October 4, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen G. Windsor, Baltimore (David S. Harris, Baltimore, on brief), for appellant.

Theodore Sherbow, Baltimore (Henry R. Abrams, Michael P. Smith and Weinberg & Green, Baltimore, on brief), for appellee.

Reargued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY, COUCH and McAULIFFE, JJ.

MURPHY, Chief Judge.

We granted certiorari in this case to decide whether a law enforcement officer against whom a brutality complaint has been filed may maintain a defamation action against the complainant based upon the contents of the complaint.

I.

On July 14, 1982, Joseph A. Novotny was arrested by John J. Miner, a deputy sheriff for Harford County, and charged with driving while intoxicated in violation of Maryland Code (1977, 1982 Cum.Supp...

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