Legal Opinion
Smith v. White
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided October 25, 2001No. 1999-CT-00455-SCTPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
799 So.2d 83 (2001)
Petesy SMITH
v.
Tammy WHITE.
No. 1999-CT-00455-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
October 25, 2001.
Rehearing Denied March 13, 2001.
Charles R. Wilbanks, Jr., Kimberly Pine Turner, Barry C. Campbell, Jackson, for Appellant.
Robert H. Pedersen, Jackson, for Appellee.
EN BANC.
ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI
SMITH, Justice, for the Court:
¶ 1. Petesy Smith in this defamation case raises questions concerning slander per se, qualified privilege and malice. The jury answered most of these questions in favor of the plaintiff Petesy Smith, however neither Smith nor the defendant Tammy White was…
Also in this document: Dissent.
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Masson v. New Yorker Magazine, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Speed v. ScottMississippi Supreme Court · 2001
- Louisiana Oil Corp. v. RennoMississippi Supreme Court · 1934
- Montgomery Ward & Co. v. SkinnerMississippi Supreme Court · 1946
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Beauchene v. Mississippi CollegeDistrict Court, S.D. Mississippi · 2013
- Inland Family Practice Center, LLC v. Sallie M. AmersonMississippi Supreme Court · 2018
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