Glenn E. Bandelin v. L. E. Pietsch Et Al‪.‬

This case is an action for libel and invasion of privacy. Plaintiff-appellant Glenn Bandelin appeals from a grant of summary judgment. Glenn E. Bandelin is a North Idaho attorney and is also a former office holder in the state legislature. On December 19, 1968, the probate court of Bonner County appointed him guardian of the person and estate of one Muriel I. Talbot who had been found incompetent on the same date. She died on January 2, 1970. Bandelin did not initiate proceedings for a final accounting until March 25, 1971. At that time, the district court concluded that Bandelins management of the estate had been negligent in the extreme and ordered the prosecuting attorney of Bonner County to initiate contempt proceedings against him.