OPINIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT
FILED WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2019
NOTICE - MEDIA RELEASE TIME IS 10:00 A.M.
A18-1171 William DeRosa, Appellant, vs. Craig M. McKenzie, Respondent.
Court of Appeals.
1. A corporate officer who did not author a defamatory statement, but participated in the publication of the statement, may be held personally liable for defamation.
2. The pleadings provided sufficient notice to a corporate officer of the defamation claim against him in his personal capacity for his participation in the commission of a tort to survive a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.
Reversed and remanded. Justice Anne K. McKeig.
SHARON SCARRELLA ANDERSON
DISCLAIMER; USSC10-1032 titled Magner vs. Gallagher
Outside Counsel4CitySt.Paul,MN David Lillehaug DirtyDFL Deals QuoWarranto
given Judgship also City Attorney Sara Grewing.
https://www.nationalbcc.org/images/stories/DOJ-St-Paul.pdf
Executive Summary In early February 2012, Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez made a secret deal behind closed doors with St. Paul, Minnesota, Mayor Christopher Coleman and St. Paul’s outside counsel, David Lillehaug. Perez agreed to commit the Department of Justice to declining intervention in a False Claims Act qui tam complaint filed by whistleblower Fredrick Newell against the City of St. Paul, as well as a second qui tam complaint pending against the City, in exchange for the City’s commitment to withdraw its appeal in Magner v. Gallagher from the Supreme Court, an appeal involving the validity of disparate impact claims under the Fair Housing Act. Perez sought, facilitated, and consummated this deal because he feared that the Court would find disparate impact unsupported by the text of the Fair Housing Act. Calling disparate impact theory the “lynchpin” of civil rights enforcement, Perez simply could not allow the Court to rule. Perez sought leverage to stop the City from pressing its appeal. His search led him to David Lillehaug and then to Newell’s lawsuit against the City.
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca8/09-1528/091209p-2011-02-25.html
http://www.angelfire.com/planet/andersonadvocates/PDFedem2006/file4.pdf
https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/hud-sued-for-records-of-obama-administration-involvement-in-controversial-st-paul-mn-housing-discrimination-case/
ORDERS
A18-0454 In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Gretchen Renee Severin, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 0240886.
Supreme Court.
Suspended. Justice David L. Lillehaug.
A19-1351 In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Christine Michelle Middleton, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 028810X.
Supreme Court.
Suspended. Justice David L. Lillehaug.
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