Trexler v. El Paso Times, Inc.

OPINION

FRASER, Chief Justice.

This is a suit for libel filed by Richard C. Trexler, a former member of the faculty of the University of Texas at El Paso, against an El Paso newspaper known as the El Paso Times. The said newspaper has a section in its publication called, “Speaking the Public Mind”, which are letters to the editor column, or what is more commonly known as open letters written to and published by the newspaper. This particular suit is based on a letter written by one Cris Louke, while plaintiff was a faculty member of said University, pertaining to plaintiff-appellant’s actions…