21 June 2012
gannett/the monroe news star files article 971 motion in defamation suit
via: lincoln parish news online
excerpt:The (Monroe) News Star, through its attorney William McNew of McNew, King, Mills, Burch & Landry, has filed a “special motion to strike” in the case Hakim v Gannett, a defamation lawsuit filed last April by Monroe businessman Eddie Hakim.
Hakim alleged that the News Star defamed him in news articles written about his testimony in the recent federal trial of former Monroe City Council members Arthur Gilmore and Robert “Red” Stevens. Hakim was the chief prosecution witness in that trial. ~ read more
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post includes .pdf's of the motion and memo. worth a look.
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