STAR-TELEGRAM, INC. v. DOE

No. D-4578.

915 S.W.2d 471 (1995)

The STAR-TELEGRAM, INC., d/b/a FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM; and Betsy C.M. Tong, Individually and as Journalist for Star-Telegram, Inc., d/b/a Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Petitioners, v. Jane DOE, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided June 8, 1995.

Rehearing Overruled March 7, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Williams, Fort Worth, for petitioners.

David L. Evans, Mark A. Haney, Richard C. DeBerry, Fort Worth, for respondent.


GAMMAGE, Justice, delivered the opinion of the Court, in which PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, and HIGHTOWER, HECHT, CORNYN, ENOCH, SPECTOR and OWEN, Justices, join.

GAMMAGE, Justice.

In this invasion of privacy case, the issue is whether a newspaper may be held liable for disclosing private facts about a victim of sexual assault which made the victim identifiable by her acquaintances. The trial court rendered summary judgment in favor of The Star-Telegram and Tong...

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