Wise v. Dallas Southwest Media Corp.

KEITH, Justice.

Plaintiff below appeals from an adverse summary judgment rendered in his libel action. At all times material to this suit, plaintiff was the duly elected mayor of the City of Dallas. The publication forming the basis of his claim for damages appeared in the January 1975 issue of “D, The Magazine of Dallas”, at a time when plaintiff was preparing for his third successful mayoral campaign.

Plaintiff named the following defendants: (1) Dallas Southwest Media Corporation, corporate publisher of the magazine; (2) Wick Allison, its editor and publisher; (3) Jim Atkinson, the author of…