United States Eighth Circuit

In a defamation action, district court's grant of judgment as a matter of law following jury verdict to plaintiffs is affirmed where the plaintiffs presented insufficient evidence to establish that anyone in defendant's audience understood the individual plaintiffs to be the object of his statements.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/30/2009
• Published 06/30/2009

Judges

• LOKEN, Chief Judge., Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, MELLOY and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Randall Shanks, argued and briefed, Council Bluffs, IA, for plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• J. Brett Busby, argued and briefed, Houston, TX, Gene R. La Suer and Sharon K. Malheiro, on the brief, Des Moines, IA, for defendant-appellee.