Legal Opinion
Foster v. Laredo Newspapers, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided November 12, 1975No. 15428PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KLINGEMAN, Justice.
This is a suit by appellant, John E. Foster, against appellee, Laredo Newspaper, Inc., for damages for alleged libelous statements made about appellant in a newspaper article in the Laredo Times, a newspaper published by appellee. This is an appeal from a summary judgment granted to ap-pellee that appellant take nothing.
Appellant is the duly elected county surveyor of Webb County, Texas, and has also served as consultant engineer for Webb County over a period of years on various and sundry projects. The alleged libelous statements appeared in a newspaper article published…
2Cases cited28 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
- Gibbs v. General Motors CorporationTexas Supreme Court · 1970
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Foster v. Laredo Newspapers, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1976
- Adams v. Frontier Broadcasting CompanyWyoming Supreme Court · 1976
- Poe v. San Antonio Express-News Corp.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1979
- Foster v. Laredo Newspapers, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1976
- Foster v. Laredo Newspapers, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1976
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