Stones River Motors, Inc. v. Mid-South Publishing Co.
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CONNER, Judge.
This is an appeal by the losing plaintiffs from an order of summary judgment in a libel case based upon a consumer complaint letter which was published in the “Letters to the Editor” sections of two Rutherford County newspapers.
The plaintiffs-appellants1 are Stones River Motors, Inc., a new and used car dealership located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and Kenneth W. Snell, part owner and president of Stones River Motors. The defendants are Bill Bickford, writer of the alleged libelous letter, his wife, Mary Jo Bickford, his daughter Christie Bickford, and the two newspapers…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Greenbelt Cooperative Publishing Assn., Inc. v. BreslerSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Old Dominion Branch No. 496 v. AustinSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Memphis Publishing Co. v. NicholsTennessee Supreme Court · 1978
- Taylor v. Nashville Banner Publishing Co.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1978
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3Cited by56 opinions
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- Pate v. Service Merchandise Co., Inc.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1996
- Kim Brown v. Mapco Express, Inc.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 2012
- Revis v. McCleanCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2000
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