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Ryan Lizza Prevails in District Court Against Devin Nunes (and Nunes' Family Members) in Nunes v. Lizza

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The 101-page decision is at Nunes v. Lizza. The bottom line:

[D]efendants' motion for summary judgment … is granted as to NuStar plaintiffs' claim of defamation (Count I), granted as to NuStar plaintiffs' claim of defamation by implication (Count II), and granted as to Nunes' claim of defamation by implication (Count I).

Eugene Volokh is the Gary T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law at UCLA and a Visiting Fellow (Senior Fellow starting May 2024) at the Hoover Institution (Stanford). Naturally, his posts here (like the opinions of the other bloggers) are his own, and not endorsed by any educational institution.