Legal Opinion
Franklin v. Thompson
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided November 12, 1998No. 97-CA-00897-SCTPublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
722 So.2d 688 (1998)
Brenda Moore FRANKLIN
v.
Anthony Alan THOMPSON.
No. 97-CA-00897-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
November 12, 1998.
Maurie L. White, David G. Hill, Oxford, Attorneys for Appellant.
Jack F. Dunbar, Oxford, Attorney for Appellee.
Before SULLIVAN, P.J., and MILLS and WALLER, JJ.
WALLER, Justice, for the Court:
INTRODUCTION
¶ 1. On October 31, 1996, Judge Brenda Moore Franklin ("Judge Franklin") filed a complaint alleging libel against Frank Hurdle and Anthony Alan Thompson ("Thompson") in the Marshall County Circuit Court. The court granted Thompson's motion for summary judgment on…
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