Ex-Wyoming superintendent’s defamation lawsuit dismissed
A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Wyoming’s former superintendent, who claimed a Casper lawmaker defamed her in a Facebook post.
The Casper Star-Tribune reported Monday that the judge called the Facebook post at question the exact type of statement the First Amendment intends to protect.
Cindy Hill claimed that Tim Stubson, a onetime Casper state representative, wrote a post that continued a pattern of malicious conduct against her.
She had filed the suit in February 2016 as Stubson was challenging Liz Cheney for a U.S. House seat.
Stubson says he is relieved the case is behind him. He says the case was important because people need to be free to criticize their elected officials.
