Legal Opinion
Associated Press v. Cook
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided May 11, 2000No. 01-98-00773-CVPublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LEE DUGGAN, Jr., Justice (Retired).
This libel case is an interlocutory appeal from the trial court’s order denying summary judgment to news media defendants and their sources. Maurice Cook (“Cook”), the former Senior Ranger Captain of the Texas Rangers, sued the appellants, The Houston Chronicle Publishing Company (“the Chronicle”) and its reporter Mark Smith (“Smith”), together with The Associated Press (the “AP”) and its reporter Mike Cochran (“Cochran”), because of several articles that were published about him. Cook also sued Terry Keel (“Keel”), the former Travis County Sheriff…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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