Legal Opinion
Fiske v. Stockton
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided June 28, 1984No. 68148PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Carley, Judge.
Appellee Stockton is the District Attorney of the Mountain Judicial Circuit and appellee York is the Sheriff of Rabun County. Appellees instituted the instant libel action against appellants based upon two allegedly defamatory publications which were attributed to appellant Fiske. Appellants moved for summary judgment, but their motion was denied. The trial court certified its order for immediate review, and this court granted appellants’ application for an interlocutory appeal.
The first libel count is based upon certain statements which appeared in a newsletter that was…
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- Holmes v. ClisbySupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
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