Legal Opinion
Heeb v. Smith
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided May 5, 1993No. 89A01-9209-CV-315PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERTSON, Judge.
Louis Joseph Heeb appeals from the summary judgment entered against him in his defamation suit against Gary Smith. Heeb raises four (4) issues, none of which constitute reversible error.
FACTS
The operative facts in this case are virtually undisputed. Plaintif{-Appellant Heeb was Judge of the Fayette Superior Court from 1977 through 1990. Defendant-Ap-pellee Smith was an attorney practicing in Fayette County, Indiana and was President of the Fayette County Bar Association from 1987 through 1992. Heeb's claim of defamation is based on the following letter published in the May 8,…
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