Legal Opinion
Ester Salinas v. Pat Townsend and Norberto Salinas
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
Decided January 6, 2011No. 13-09-00421-CVPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Memorandum Opinion by
Justice GARZA.
Appellant, Ester Salmas, was found liable for slandering appellees, the current and former mayors of Mission, Texas. Appellant challenges the judgment by six issues, contending that: (1) her speech was constitutionally protected; (2) her statements were not, as a matter of law, unambiguous defamatory statements of fact; (3) appellees did not prove mental anguish; (4) appellees did not prove that her statements were made with actual malice; (5) there was a fatal variance between the pleadings and the proof; and (6) the trial court erred in…
2Cases cited57 opinions
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Salinas v. SalinasTexas Supreme Court · 2012
- Downing v. Burns, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2011
- Deborah Downing v. Don Burns and Sherry Burns, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2011
- Downing v. Burns, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2011
- Ester Salinas v. Pat Townsend and Norberto Salinas, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2012
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