Kotlikoff v. the Community News

How courts have described this case

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• holding a defendant will not be held liable for an opinion that is “accompanied by its underlying nondefamatory factual basis”
• encouraging the use of summary judgment to weed out nonactionable claims and frivolous suits
• whether statement is reasonably susceptible of defamatory meaning is question of law for court to determine
• letter to the editor speculating that plaintiff mayor and city tax collector could be “engaged in a huge coverup” is protected opinion
• letter to the editor speculating that plaintiff mayor and city tax collector could be \engaged in a huge coverup\ is protected opinion
• summary judgment granted because plaintiff \failed to raise any question of fact as to actual malice\ and therefore could not overcome defendants' qualified privilege

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).