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183254P.pdf   03/05/2020  Nelson Auto Center, Inc.  v.  Multimedia Holdings Corporatio
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  18-3254
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota   
[PUBLISHED] [Loken, Author, with Shepherd and Stras, Circuit Judges] Civil case - Defamation. Under Minnesota law a corporation is a public figure and in order to state a claim for defamation, a plaintiff corporation must show the challenged statement was made with actual malice; here, the defendant TV station published a story of legitimate public interest, namely criminal charges arising out of an investigation as to whether plaintiff had overcharged local police departments; the district court did not err in concluding there was no plausible inference of actual malice and the allegations showed nothing more than oversight on defendant's part.