United States Ninth Circuit

In a defamation suit, the grant of defendant's motion to dismiss is affirmed where the word "pimp" cannot be reasonably interpreted as a criminal accusation.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/05/2004
• Decided 01/04/2005
• Published 01/04/2005

Judges

• TASHIMA, Circuit Judge:, Before: TASHIMA, PAEZ, and BEA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Wade J. Dahood, Knight, Dahood, Everett & Sievers, Anaconda, MT, for the plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Nathan Siegel, ABC, Inc., Washington, D.C., for the defendant-appellee.