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192185P.pdf   05/18/2020  James Turntine  v.  Charles Peterson
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  19-2185
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Gruender, Author, with Arnold and Shepherd, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Defamation. The complaint pleaded actual damages sufficient 
   to meet the $75,000 amount-in-controversy requirement; under Missouri law, 
   each of the statements in issue appears capable of defamatory meaning and 
   the opinion privilege does not render the statements inactionable at this 
   time; in light of the totality of circumstances and context in which the 
   statements were made, a reasonable factfinder could conclude that the 
   statements at a minimum imply an assertion of objective fact; the district 
   court erred in concluding plaintiffs' complaint failed to state a claim 
   for defamation and in dismissing the matter; reversed and remanded for 
   further proceedings.