Legal Opinion
WFAA-TV, Inc. v. McLemore
Texas Supreme Court
Decided September 24, 1998No. 97-0868PublishedCited by 391 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHankinson, Justice
In this defamation suit arising out of the 1993 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) raid on the Branch Davidian compound at Mount Carmel, we decide whether a media plaintiff, one of only a few journalists to report live from the scene of the raid, whose reports were rebroadcast worldwide, and who willingly gave numerous interviews about his role in the failed raid, is a public figure. The plaintiff sued WFAA-TV Channel 8 in Dallas alleging that its news reports concerning his role in the failed raid damaged his reputation in the community. The trial court denied WFAA’s motion for…
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