Legal Opinion
DR Partners v. Floyd
Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)
Decided July 5, 2007No. 06-07-00001-CVPublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Justice MOSELEY.
DR Partners, d/b/a The Sherman Herald Democrat, brings this interlocutory appeal, which challenges the trial court’s denial of a motion for summary judgment in a defamation suit brought by Roy Vernon Floyd. See Tex. Crv. PRAC. & Rem.Code ANN. § 51.014(a)(6) (Vernon Supp.2006). Floyd, a city commissioner of the City of Bonham and County Chair of the Fannin County Democratic Party, was accused by political rivals of stealing campaign signs on election day. The Herald Democrat, a newspaper owned by DR Partners, published an article headlined “Bonham official…
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