Legal Opinion
Little Rock Newspapers, Inc. v. Fitzhugh
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided November 13, 1997No. 96-1050Published
1Opinion of the Court
954 S.W.2d 914 (1997)
330 Ark. 561
LITTLE ROCK NEWSPAPERS, INC., Appellant,
v.
J. Michael FITZHUGH, Appellee.
No. 96-1050.
Supreme Court of Arkansas.
November 13, 1997.
Rex M. Terry, Fort Smith, Philip S. Anderson, John E. Tull, III, Leon Holmes, Little Rock, for appellant.
Thomas A. Mars, Fayetteville, for appellee.
CORBIN, Justice.
Appellant Little Rock Newspapers, Inc., appeals the judgment of the Sebastian County Circuit Court imposing the jury's verdict awarding $50,000 in damages to Appellee J. Michael Fitzhugh for his defamation claim against Appellant's newspaper, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.…
Also in this document: Dissent.
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Time, Inc. v. FirestoneSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Dodrill v. Arkansas Democrat Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1979
- Marchiondo v. BrownNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1982
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