Legal Opinion
Fawcett v. Rogers
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided March 29, 2016No. 01-15-00121-CVPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON REHEARING
Laura Carter Higley, Justice •
Appellee, Robert J. Rogers,-filed suit for defamation against all of the appellants. The appellants filed motions to dismiss under Chapter 27 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code.1 The trial court denied the motions. In three issues, the appellants argue (1) they proved that Rogers’s defamation claims are governed by Chapter 27, (2) Rogers failed to present prima facie evidence of his claims against them, and (3) the lawsuit should have been dismissed under the doctrine of judicial non-interference.
Appellants, Richard Fawcett, Kevin…
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