Spreadbury v. Bitterroot Public Library et al

Filing 259

MOTION for Summary Judgment DEFENDANT LEE ENTERPRISES INC'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT Jeffrey Brandon Smith appearing for Defendant Lee Enterprises Incorporated Motions referred to Jeremiah C. Lynch. (Smith, Jeffrey)

Anita Harper Poe
Jeffrey B. Smith
GARLINGTON, LOHN & ROBINSON, PLLP
350 Ryman Street'P. O. Box 7909
Missoula, MT 59807-7909
Telephone (a06) 523-2500
Telefax [phone]
[e-mail]
j bsmith@garlington. com
Attorneys for Defendant, Lee Enterprises, Inc.

IN THE LTNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MONTANA
MISSOULA DIVISION
Cause No.

MICHAEL E. SPREADBURY.

CV-l I-064-M-DWM

Plaintiff.
DEFENDANT LEE ENTERPRISES.
INC.'S MOTION
FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

V.

BITTERROOT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
CITY OF HAMILTON, LEE
ENTERPRISES, INC., and BOONE
KARLBERG P.C..
Defendants.

Defendant, Lee Enterprises, Inc. ("Lee Enterprises" or "Lee"), moves this
Court to enter summary judgment in favor of Lee Enterprises, pursuant to Federal
Rule of Civil Procedure 56, for there are no genuine issues of material fact, and
Lee is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.
This motion is supported by Lee's Brief in Support of Motion for Summary

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Judgment and Statement of Undisputed Facts in Support of Motion for Summary
Judgment, fi led concurrentlY.

In accordance with Local Rule 7.1(c)(1), Pro Se Plaintiff has been contacted
and

will

oppose this motion. Counsel for the other Defendants named in Plaintiff

Second Amended Complaint have been contacted and do not oppose this motion.

DATED this 4th day of April, 2012.

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Jeffrev B. Smith
Attorneys for Defendant, Lee Enterprises, Inc.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certiff that on the 4th day of April, 2012, a copy of the foregoing
document was served on the following persons by the following means:

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CM/ECF
Hand Delivery

Mail
Overnight Delivery Service
Fax

E-Mail

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Michael E. Spreadbury
P.O. Box 416
Hamilton, MT 59840
Pro Se Plaintiff

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William L. Crowley
Natasha Prinzing Jones
Thomas J. Leonard
bcrowl ey@boonekarlberg. com
npj ones@boonekarlberg. com
tleonard@boonekarlberg. com
Attorneys for Defendants Bitterroot Public Library, City of Hamilton, and
Boone Karlbere P.C.

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Jeffrey B. Smith
Attorneys for Defendant, Lee Enterprises, Inc.

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