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TREXLER v. EL PASO TIMES, INC.

No. 6007.

439 S.W.2d 883 (1969)

Richard C. TREXLER, Appellant, v. EL PASO TIMES, INC., a corporation, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

Rehearing Denied April 16, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. B. Ochoa, Jr., El Paso, Warren Burnett, Richard J. Clarkson, Odessa, for appellant.

Scott, Hulse, Marshall & Feuille, George W. Finger, Richard Munzinger, El Paso, for appellee.

OPINION

FRASER, Chief Justice.

This is a suit for libel filed by Richard C. Trexler, a former member of the faculty of the University of Texas at El Paso, against an El Paso newspaper known as the El Paso Times. The said newspaper has a section in its publication called, "Speaking the Public Mind", which are letters to the editor column, or what is more commonly known as open letters written to and published by the newspaper. This particular suit is based...

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