Legal Opinion
Stange v. Cox Enterprises, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided January 26, 1994No. A93A1819PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, Judge.
This action arises out of the October 1990 publication of two newspaper articles and an editorial by defendant Cox discussing Stange’s involvement in several real estate transactions before his appointment as acting Housing Commissioner for the City of Atlanta. In October 1991, Stange demanded a correction and retraction and brought this action seeking damages for “false and malicious defamations.” After the close of discovery, Cox’s motion for summary judgment was granted by the trial court. Without reaching the other defenses asserted by Cox, the trial court granted Cox’s…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Lau's Corp., Inc. v. HaskinsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1991
- Harte-Hanks Communications, Inc. v. ConnaughtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Jaillett v. Georgia Television Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1999
- Cox Enterprises, Inc. v. NixSupreme Court of Georgia · 2002
- Peeler v. Spartan Radiocasting, Inc.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1996
- Schafer v. Time, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1998
- Blomberg v. Cox Enterprises, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
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