Delta Air Lines, Inc. v. Norris

OPINION

VANCE, Justice.

Delta Air Lines, Inc. (“Delta”) filed an interlocutory appeal from the denial of its summary-judgment motion based in part on constitutional rights of free speech. U.S. Const, amend. I; Texas Const, art. I, § 8. Statements by Delta’s representatives were published by the print media, which brings the appeal within the purview of section 51.014(6) of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code. Tex.Civ.Prac. & RemCode Ann. § 51.014(6) (Vernon Supp.1997).

In May 1993, Delta and Norris Industries, Inc. (“NI”), owned by Robert A. Norris (“Norris”), signed a “Baggage and Mail…