Legal Opinion
Ross v. Labatt
Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)
Decided November 30, 1994No. 04-94-00008-CVPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STONE, Justice.
This is an appeal from the grant of a general summary judgment against a public figure dismissing his entire cause of action in his defamation suit. We affirm.
Weir Labatt was a San Antonio city councilman when he called a news conference at City Hall on March 27, 1991 to discuss the credentials of three candidates for the city council and their involvement in the Apple-white reservoir controversy. One of the people he discussed during the conference was Philip Ross, a staunch opponent of the reservoir, and a candidate for the District 4 place on the city council. A…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Michigan v. LongSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Carr v. BrasherTexas Supreme Court · 1989
- Casso v. BrandTexas Supreme Court · 1989
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