Avoyelles Publishing Co. v. Ieyoub

MEMORANDUM OPINION

LITTLE, Chief Judge.

Before the court are plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction and consolidated trial on the merits and defendant Ieyoub’s motion to dismiss the declaratory judgment action. For the following reasons, this court denies the plaintiffs’ motion and grants the defendant’s motion.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

The following facts were stipulated by the parties in advance of the hearing on the merits:

Avoyelles [Publishing Company] owns the Avoyelles Journal, a weekly newspaper printed and circulated in Avoyelles Parish[.] Decuir is the editor of the…