Legal Opinion

Houseman v. Publicaciones Paso Del Norte, S.A. DE C.V.

Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)

Decided August 23, 2007No. 08-06-00034-CVPublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Justice.

Christopher Houseman appeals a summary judgment granted in favor of Publicaciones Paso Del Norte, S.A. DE C.V. d/b/a El Diario de Juarez, {El Diario). Because we conclude that the publication as a matter of law was not defamatory as to him, we affirm.

FACTUAL SUMMARY

El Diario is a Mexican corporation that publishes a Spanish language newspaper, El Diario de Juarez. At the time in question, El Diario distributed some 60,000 daily copies in Juarez, Mexico and 5,000 in El Paso. On November 17, 2004, El Diario published a news article with the headline…

2Cases cited19 opinions

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  5. WFAA-TV, Inc. v. McLemoreTexas Supreme Court · 1998

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