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DOUBLEDAY & CO., INC. v. ROGERS

No. C-1793.

674 S.W.2d 751 (1984)

DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY, INC. et al., Petitioners, v. Dr. N. Jay ROGERS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied September 19, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Orgain, Bell & Tucker, John G. Tucker, Beaumont, Robert J. Hearon, Jr., Austin, Robert M. Callagy, New York City, Harvey Katz, Washington, D.C., for petitioners.

Mehaffy, Weber, Keith & Gonsoulin, Robert Q. Keith, Johnson City, Charles A. Wright, Austin, Carl A. Parker, Port Arthur, for respondent.

BARROW, Justice.

This is a libel suit brought by respondent, Dr. N. Jay Rogers, against petitioners, Harvey Katz and Doubleday & Co., Inc. Katz authored and Doubleday published a book entitled Shadow on the Alamo, which admittedly contained a libel regarding Dr. Rogers. The jury found that the statement inquired about was made with malice. The jury further found that Dr. Rogers had suffered no actual damage from the publication, but that exemplary damages...

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