Legal Opinion

Jacobs v. McIlvain

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided September 1, 1988No. B14-87-00590-CVPublished

1Opinion of the Court

759 S.W.2d 467 (1988)

Emerick JACOBS, Jr. and Joyce Moore, Appellants,

v.

Judd McILVAIN, et al., Appellees.

No. B14-87-00590-CV.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

September 1, 1988.

David W. Showalter, Pamela P. Stines, and Randall D. Wilkins, Houston, for appellants.

Reagan Wm. Simpson, and William W. Ogden, Houston, for appellees.

Before PAUL PRESSLER, DRAUGHN, and ELLIS, JJ.

OPINION

DRAUGHN, Justice.

Appellants work for the city of Houston at the Dalton Street water facility. After a news broadcast reported alleged improprieties at the facility, appellants sued the broadcasters for…

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2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. City of Houston v. Clear Creek Basin AuthorityTexas Supreme Court · 1979
  2. Rosenblatt v. BaerSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Liberty Lobby, Inc. v. Dow Jones & Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1988
  4. Newspapers, Inc. v. MatthewsTexas Supreme Court · 1960
  5. Langston v. Eagle Publishing Co., Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)1986

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