Legal Opinion

Bentley v. Bunton

Texas Supreme Court

Decided August 29, 2002No. 00-0139PublishedCited by 457 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hecht, joined by Justice Owen, Justice Baker (except for Part V-D), Justice Jefferson, and Justice Rodriguez

Justice OWEN, Justice BAKER, Justice HANKINSON, Justice JEFFERSON, and Justice RODRIGUEZ joined, and with respect to Part VII, in which Chief Justice PHILLIPS, Justice ENOCH,

Justice OWEN, Justice HANKINSON, Justice JEFFERSON, and Justice RODRIGUEZ joined, and an opinion with respect to Part VI, in which Justice OWEN, Justice JEFFERSON, and Justice RODRIGUEZ joined.

For months, the host of a call-in talk show televised on a public-access channel *567in a small community repeatedly accused a local district judge of being corrupt. A co-host on some of the shows expressed agreement with the…

2Cases cited67 opinions

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