Legal Opinion
Cox Enterprises, Inc. v. Nix
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 25, 2002No. S01G0743PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Benham, Justice.
This appeal arises from a suit for defamation, invasion of privacy, and intentional infliction of emotional distress filed by attorney Franklin R. Nix against Cox Enterprises, doing business as the Atlanta Journal-Constitution; an editor; and a number of unnamed individuals (hereinafter, collectively, “Cox”). The suit was based on two related articles published in the Journal-Constitution on March 9, 1997, in one of which Nix was mentioned. The Court of Appeals affirmed the grant of summary judgment to Cox with regard to the claims for invasion of privacy and intentional…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Youngblood v. Gwinnett Rockdale Newton Community Service BoardSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001
- Cox Enterprises, Inc. v. NixSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000
- Mead v. True Citizen, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
- Stange v. Cox Enterprises, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1994
- Palombi v. Frito-Lay, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1999
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