Legal Opinion
Poe v. San Antonio Express-News Corp.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided November 21, 1979No. 16150PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KLINGEMAN, Justice.
This is an appeal from a summary judgment proceeding in a defamation suit. Donald H. Poe and wife, Effie Poe, brought suit against San Antonio Express-News Corporation and Rupert J. Murdoch1 for damages allegedly arising out of a publication in the San Antonio Express-News dated September 19, 1976, which suit is founded on theories of libel, slander, malicious prosecution, barratry, unlawful interference with plaintiff’s right of privacy, interference with plaintiff’s employment contract, and abuse of process. Defendant’s answer consisted of a general denial and the…
2Cases cited18 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
- Gibbs v. General Motors CorporationTexas Supreme Court · 1970
- Great American Reserve Insurance Co. v. San Antonio Plumbing Supply Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1965
- Hutchinson v. ProxmireSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Kelley v. BonneySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
- Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. LipscombSupreme Court of Virginia · 1987
- Johnson v. Southwestern Newspapers Corp., Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)1993
- True v. LadnerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1986
- Cox Texas Newspapers, L.P. v. Penick, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2007
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