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9th Circuit Says Defamation Suit Can Proceed Against Seattle City Council Member – At most, however, the district court has identified one reasonable interpretation of Sawants words, not the only reasonable interpretation, Ninth Circuit Judge A. Wallace Tashima wrote in the opinion. Where a communication is capable of two meanings, one defamatory and one not, it is for a jury, not a judge, …