WEAVER v. PRYOR JEFFERSONIAN

No. 46635.

569 P.2d 967 (1977)

Glen H. "Pete" WEAVER, Appellant, v. The PRYOR JEFFERSONIAN, a Newspaper Publishing Corp., Haskell Gaither and Haskell Lee Gaither, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

September 20, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tony Jack Lyons and Gary J. Dean, Lyons & Dean, Pryor, for appellant.

Sam P. Daniel, Jr., G. Michael Lewis, Doerner, Stuart, Saunders, Daniel & Langenkamp, Tulsa, for appellees.


SIMMS, Justice.

Appellant commenced a libel action in the court below predicated upon a "letter to the editor" printed in appellee newspaper. The alleged defamatory publication occurred while appellant was embroiled in what the parties describe as a "bitterly contested" run-off primary election for nomination to the office of Sheriff of Mayes County, Oklahoma.

Appellees moved for summary judgment after depositions...

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