Legal Opinion
Metts v. Mims
Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Decided August 14, 2006No. 4148PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEARN, C.J.:
In this action for libel, Robert Metts, the Deputy Assistant Administrator of Berkley County, appeals the order of the circuit court granting Berkley Independent Publishing and Summerville Communications (Newspaper) summary judgment. Additionally, Newspaper appeals from the order requiring it to produce financial information, and Metts appeals from an order declining to impose sanctions upon Newspaper after it refused to comply with the discovery order. We affirm.
FACTS
On July 30, 2003, Newspaper published an article entitled “It was helpful, but was it legal?” The story centered…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Harte-Hanks Communications, Inc. v. ConnaughtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Fleming v. RoseSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2002
- Regions Bank v. SchmauchCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2003
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Metts v. MimsSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2009
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