Legal Opinion
Nix v. Cox Enterprises, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided June 25, 2001No. A00A0070PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Eldridge, Judge.
Franklin R. Nix, an attorney, sued Cox Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a The Atlanta Constitution, The Atlanta Journal, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and Rochelle Bozman for libel per se by listing him in two published articles on March 9, 1998, as one of seven examples of criminal rogue lawyers, accusing him of attempting to solicit clients from another lawyer. The defendants placed his name immediately after the account of six lawyers charged with stealing their clients’ money or convicted of felonies as examples of criminal rogue lawyers requiring State Bar discipline. The…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Atlanta Journal Co. v. DoyalCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1950
- Fedderwitz v. LambSupreme Court of Georgia · 1943
- Morton v. StewartCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980
- Cox Enterprises, Inc. v. NixSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000
- Triangle Publications, Inc. v. ChumleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Cox Enterprises, Inc. v. NixSupreme Court of Georgia · 2002
- Nix v. Cox Enterprises, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2002