Legal Opinion
Lee v. Gore
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided June 4, 1996No. A96A0330PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ruffin, Judge.
Jimmy Lee was Chief Tax Appraiser of Haralson County from 1990 until he was removed from office on January 11, 1994. On February 1, 1995, Lee filed a complaint against Mira Reggie Gore and several other defendants for libel, slander, conspiracy to libel and slander, and interference with employment. He alleged Gore conspired to publish a petition entitled “Petition to Dismiss Jimmy Lee as Chief Assessor for the Haralson County Board of Tax Assessors” and that this petition contained falsehoods about him. The trial court awarded summary judgment to Gore based on the one-year…
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