Legal Opinion
Barber v. Perdue
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided December 20, 1989No. A89A1420PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Beasley, Judge.
Appellant Jack McWhorter “Mac” Barber filed a lawsuit against appellee Tom Perdue, a former administrative aide to the governor, alleging that Perdue had libeled and slandered Barber. This appeal follows the grant of summary judgment to Perdue.
The alleged libel was contained in a letter sent out by Perdue at the beginning of August 1986 to approximately 350 various city and county officials throughout Georgia during the 1986 political campaign for a seat on the Public Service Commission. Appellant had resigned from the PSC seat in February 1985 and then qualified to run in the…
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