Legal Opinion
Warner Bros. Entm't, Inc. v. Jones
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided December 21, 2017No. 03-16-00009-CVPublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Cindy Olson Bourland, Justice *789This suit arises at the crossroads where the First Amendment's protection of free speech and a free press meets the Texas Constitution's protection of the right to bring suit for reputational torts-an area with which the Texas Citizens Participation Act intersects to the extent it provides for early dismissal of some claims. Compare U.S. Const. amend. I ("Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press....") with Tex. Const. art. I §§ 8 ("Every person shall be at liberty to speak, write or publish his opinions on any subject, being…
2Cases cited54 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
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Garrison v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by53 opinions
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- Terri Porter Garcia v. the Travis Law Firm, P.C., Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2018
- in Re SSCP Management, Inc. SDharod Enterprises, Inc. Apple Texas Restaurants, Inc. Texas Apple, LLC SRS Real Estate Partners, LLC And SRS National Net Lease Group, LP, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2019
- Mark Rodriguez, Victor Trevino III, and Thomas Trevino v. Richard "Rick" Gonzales, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2018
- Tu Nguyen v. Duy Tu HoangDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 2018
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