Legal Opinion
Wright v. Grove Sun Newspaper Co., Inc.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided April 12, 1994No. 77169PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OP ALA, Justice.
The issues presented on certiorari are (1) Was the republication by Grove Sun Newspaper Company, Inc. [Grove Sun, defendant or newspaper] of material, released by the District Attorney of Delaware County [district attorney or prosecutor] at a news conference called by his office and held at the courthouse, privileged and hence not actionable in a libel claim? and (2) If the material was privileged, could Ace N. Wright, Jr. [Wright or plaintiff] maintain an action for intentional infliction of emotional distress? We answer the first question in the affirmative and the second in…
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