Legal Opinion
Armistead v. Minor
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided May 9, 2002No. 2000-CA-01914-SCTPublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
815 So.2d 1189 (2002)
Rex P. ARMISTEAD
v.
Bill MINOR.
No. 2000-CA-01914-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
May 9, 2002.
William E. Spell, Clinton, attorney for appellant.
Luther T. Munford, Mark David Fijman, Jackson, attorneys for appellee.
Before SMITH, P.J., DIAZ and EASLEY, JJ.
SMITH, P.J., for the Court.
¶ 1. On April 12, 1999, Rex P. Armistead ("Armistead") filed this defamation suit for damages in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County against newspaper columnist, Bill Minor ("Minor"), and several Mississippi newspapers. Armistead claimed that he was defamed by an April…
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