Legal Opinion
Shihab v. Express-News Corp.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided June 6, 1980No. 16221PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CADENA, Chief Justice.
In this libel action plaintiff, Aziz Shihab, appeals from a judgment, based on jury findings, denying him recovery against defendants, The Express-News Corporation and Charles O. Kilpatrick. Kilpatrick holds the position of publisher of the corporation’s two newspapers in San Antonio, one of which is the San Antonio News.
The controversy arose as a result of an article published in a magazine, Texas Monthly, in its November, 1976, issue, and a letter written by Kilpatrick to the magazine and to 31 persons whom he described as “opinion leaders” in response to the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Union Oil Co. of California v. RichardCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1975
- Express Publishing Company v. GonzalezCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1961
- Fort Worth Press Co. v. DavisCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1936
- Caller Times Publishing Co. v. ChandlerTexas Supreme Court · 1939
- Downer v. Amalgamated Meatcutters & Butcher Workmen of North AmericaCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1977
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Frank B. Hall & Co., Inc. v. BuckCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1984
- KTRK Television, Inc. v. Theaola Robinson, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2013
- Placencio v. Allied Industrial International, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1987
- Carl D. Wehling and Geraldine D. Wehling v. Columbia Broadcasting SystemCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Bolling v. Baker, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1984
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