Legal Opinion
Taylor v. Nashville Banner Publishing Co.
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided March 31, 1978PublishedCited by 119 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DROWOTA, Judge.
This is an appeal by plaintiff, a public figure, from a summary judgment dismissing with prejudice his libel suit against defendant newspaper.
Plaintiff Robert L. Taylor is a well-known attorney, a former Chancellor, and a former judge of the western section of this Court. He once unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for governor of Tennessee. In the spring of 1974, he was an active candidate for the Democratic nomination to the Supreme Court of Tennessee. Defendant Nashville Banner Publishing Company (Banner), one of two daily newspapers in Nashville,…
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