Legal Opinion

Dudley v. Farmers Branch Daily Times

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided March 17, 1977No. 4994PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WALTER, Justice.

Times Chronicle Newspapers, Inc., publisher of Farmers Branch Daily Times, recovered a summary judgment against Bobby Joe Dudley and Dudley appeals.

In his libel suit against the defendant, Dudley alleged it published the following article:

“. . . (Bold face headline reads ‘2 Charged with $168,000 Theft’. The Article then reads ‘Two Dallas County Men have been charged with theft in connection with the disappearance of an estimated $168k 000 worM of polyethylene resin material from the Arrow Industries, Inc. plant at 2625 Belt Line Road in Car-rollton. Bobby Joe Dudley, 36, of…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Fort Worth Press Co. v. DavisCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1936

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Oscar Wyatt, Jr. v. Jerome KaplanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
  2. Mark v. Seattle TimesWashington Supreme Court · 1981
  3. Crites v. Mullins, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1985
  4. Finklea v. Jacksonville Daily Progress, Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)1987
  5. Texas Monthly, Inc. v. Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1999

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