Goddard v. Hon. Kenneth L. Fields , 214 Ariz. 175; 150 P.3d 262 (Ariz. Ct. Apps. 2007)
The Attorney General of Arizona filed suit against a developer alleging a number of environmental and other claims. The developer counterclaimed, alleging that he had been defamed by the Attorney General’s press release announcing the lawsuit. Although the Attorney General stood behind the truth of his statements, he sought dismissal of the defamation counterclaim by…