Acker v. Denton Publishing Co.

OPINION

HOLMAN, Justice.

Gary Lewis Acker, pro se, appeals the summary judgment of a district court in Denton County that he take nothing on claims by which he sought $9.6 million in damages for alleged injury from newspaper articles written about him. Acker asserted causes of action for defamation, invasion of privacy, and deceptive trade practices. One defendant, Denton Publishing Company, publishes three newspapers, the Lewisville News, the Denton Record-Chronicle, and the Grapevine Sun. Other defendants were Fred W. Patterson, an officer of the publishing company, Fred W. Patterson, Jr.,…