Legal Opinion
Blake v. Gannett Co., Inc.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided May 25, 1988No. 57341PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
529 So.2d 595 (1988)
P.L. BLAKE
v.
GANNETT COMPANY, INC., Gannett News Service, Inc., and Mississippi Publishers Corporation.
No. 57341.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
May 25, 1988.
Fred D. Thompson, Thompson & Bussart, Nashville, Tenn., James W. Burgoon, Jr., Fraiser, Burgoon & Abraham, Greenwood, for appellant.
Luther T. Munford, Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, John C. Henegan, R. Andrew Taggart, Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, Jackson, for appellees.
En Banc:
PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:
P.L. Blake filed a complaint on December 7, 1984, in the Circuit Court of Hinds County,…
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