Legal Opinion
C. R. "Jake" Cook, T. W. Cook and Lee Deforke v. The Houston Post, Ralph Williams, Joseph Perino, Marvin Kent and Terry Collins
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 7, 1980No. 78-1342PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWIN F. HUNTER, Jr., District Judge.
It was in October of 1972 that Williams, an investigative reporter for The Houston Post, began to report and cause to be published stories about the alleged corruption in the Houston Fire Department. The Grand Jury investigation and resultant publicity concerning official misconduct had been in progress several months before Collins, an Assistant District Attorney for Harris County, was assigned to the case. It was in March of 1973 that “Jake” Cook and two other firemen (T. W. Cook and De-Forke) were indicted by a Harris County grand jury on various…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Imbler v. PachtmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Baker v. McCollanSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Paul v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Griffin v. BreckenridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- James H. McLellan v. Mississippi Power & Light Company, International Brotherhood of Electricalworkers, Local 605 Electrical WorkersCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by74 opinions
- Rose v. BartleCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1989
- Greg Myers, Etc. v. R. Kathleen Morris, Scott County Attorney, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
- Edward Coogan and Margaret Coogan v. City of Wixom, Bruce Kirby and Philip LeonardCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1987
- Juan A. Marrero and Maria Marrero v. City of Hialeah, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- L. Patrick Gray, III v. Griffin BellCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983
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