Legal Opinion
Cain v. Hearst Corp.
Texas Supreme Court
Decided June 22, 1994No. D-4171PublishedCited by 190 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gonzalez
Chief Justice PHILLIPS, Justice HECHT, Justice CORNYN and Justice ENOCH join.
This case comes to us on certified questions from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. We are asked to decide two issues: 1) whether Texas recognizes the tort of false light invasion of privacy, and 2) if Texas recognizes this tort, which statute of limitations governs that action.1 Because false light substantially duplicates the tort of defamation while lacking many of its procedural limitations, we answer the first question in the negative, thereby dispensing with the need to answer the second…
2Cases cited55 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Baggett v. BullittSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Time, Inc. v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. FalwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Old Dominion Branch No. 496 v. AustinSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by190 opinions
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- Campbell v. City of San AntonioCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
- GTE Mobilnet of South Texas Ltd. Partnership v. Pascouet, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2001
- Byron D. Neely, Individually, and Byron D. Neely, M.D., P.A. v. Nanci Wilson, CBS Stations Group of Texas, L.P., D/B/A Keye-Tv and Viacom, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 2013
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