Legal Opinion
Sherman v. Times Herald Printing Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided May 16, 1984No. 08-83-00150-CVPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STEPHEN F. PRESLAR, Chief Justice.
This appeal is from a jury tried libel ease in which the Appellant was awarded actual damages and no exemplary damages. We affirm.
*702Appellant Peter A. Sherman is president of Shermco Industries, Inc. A federal grand jury returned an indictment against Shermco Industries, Inc., for defrauding the U.S. Department of Defense by collecting some $15,000.00 on false claims vouchers for equipment not purchased. The Ap-pellee, Times Herald Printing Company, published an article stating incorrectly that Appellant Sherman was the one indicted. It ran a correction…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Billings v. AtkinsonTexas Supreme Court · 1973
- Foster v. Laredo Newspapers, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1976
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