Supreme Court of Texas

In a defamation suit concerning articles written about a candidate for sheriff, denial of summary judgment to defendant-newspaper is reversed where there is no evidence of actual malice.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/25/2005
• Decided 06/24/2005
• Published 06/24/2005

Judges

• Justice BRISTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

Court

• Supreme Court of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jeffery T. Nobles, Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, L.L.P., Houston, John A. Bussian III, The Bussian Law Firm, PLLC, Raleigh, NC, and Brian G. Janis, Sanchez, Whittington, Janis & Zabarte, Brownsville, for petitioner., Jorge C. Rangel, Jon D. Brooks, The Rangel Law Firm, P.C., Corpus Christi, Gregory S. Coleman, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, L.L.P., Austin, Thomas S. Leatherbury, Marc A. Fuller, Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P, Dallas, for Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Victor Quintanilla, Brownsville, Larry Zinn, Law Office of Larry Zinn, San Antonio, Ernesto Gamez Jr., Law Offices of Ernesto Gamez, Jr., for respondent.