GREER v. ABRAHAM

No. 14-0669.

489 S.W.3d 440 (2016)

Daniel GREER and Fix the Facts Foundation d/b/a AgendaWise, Petitioners, v. Salem ABRAHAM, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Opinion delivered: April 15, 2016.

Rehearing Denied June 3, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brandan Montminy , Joseph M. Nixon , N. Terry Adams Jr. , Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, L.L.P., Houston, James Edwin Trainor III , Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, L.L.P., Austin, for Petitioners

Courtney D'lynn Miller , John H. Lovell , Lovell, Lovell, Newsom & Isern, L.L.P., John T. Smithee , Templeton, Smithee, Hayes, Heinrich & Russell LLP, Amarillo, for Respondent Salem Abraham


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