Legal Opinion
Jacobs v. McIlvain
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided September 1, 1988No. B14-87-00590-CVPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DRAUGHN, Justice.
Appellants work for the city of Houston at the Dalton Street water facility. After a news broadcast reported alleged improprieties at the facility, appellants sued the broadcasters for defamation, invasion of privacy, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The trial court rendered a take nothing summary judgment. We reverse.
I. The broadcast
The news report at issue is set out below:
The city’s public integrity section is investigating the use of city employees for private work in the home of the city water maintenance manager.
The employees of the city water…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- City of Houston v. Clear Creek Basin AuthorityTexas Supreme Court · 1979
- Rosenblatt v. BaerSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Liberty Lobby, Inc. v. Dow Jones & Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1988
- Newspapers, Inc. v. MatthewsTexas Supreme Court · 1960
- Langston v. Eagle Publishing Co., Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)1986
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3Cited by6 opinions
- McIlvain v. JacobsTexas Supreme Court · 1990
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- Eskew v. Plantation Foods, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)1995
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- Jacobs v. McIlvainCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1988
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