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SIBLE v. LEE ENTERPRISES, INC.

No. 85-181.

729 P.2d 1271 (1986)

Warren E. SIBLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. LEE ENTERPRISES, INC., an Iowa Corp.; Donald Schwennesen; and Max Salisbury, Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided November 25, 1986.

Rehearing Denied January 13, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan J. Lerner, Bigfork, for plaintiff and appellant.

Milodragovich, Dale & Dye, Harold V. Dye, Missoula, for defendants and respondents.

MORRISON, Justice.

This is an appeal from the Flathead County District Court jury trial and verdict finding the respondents had not published a newspaper article with actual malice.

We reverse and remand for a new trial.

On December 29, 1982, The Missoulian published an article authored by Donald Schwennesen headlined "Ex-detective accuses Flathead County sheriff of coverup, harassment." The article...

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