Legal Opinion
CHANNEL 4, KGBT v. Briggs
Texas Supreme Court
Decided June 29, 1988No. C-6982Published
1Opinion of the Court
759 S.W.2d 939 (1988)
CHANNEL 4, KGBT et al.
v.
Jimmy BRIGGS and Jimmie Briggs.
No. C-6982.
Supreme Court of Texas.
June 29, 1988.
Rollins M. Koppell, Michael R. Ezell and William Kimball, Koppel, Ezell, Jackson & Powers, Harlingen, for petitioners.
Larry Watts and Bonnie Cervin, Watts & Company, Houston, for respondents.
OPINION
RAY, Justice.
This is a libel action brought by Jimmy Briggs, now deceased, a former political candidate, in which KGBT, a television station, and two news reporters were alleged to have defamed Briggs in a news broadcast. The media defendants were awarded a summary judgment by…
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