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EL PASO TIMES, INC. v. KERR

No. 08-85-00025-CV.

706 S.W.2d 797 (1986)

EL PASO TIMES, INC., Appellant, v. James W. KERR, Jr., Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

Rehearing Denied April 16, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Munzinger, Bryan H. Hall, Scott, Hulse, Marshall, Feuille, Finger & Thurmond, El Paso, for appellant.

Jerry Gibson, San Antonio, for appellee.

Before WARD, OSBORN, and SCHULTE, JJ.

OPINION

SCHULTE, Justice.

The Appellant, El Paso Times, Inc., was sued by Appellee, an assistant United States attorney, for libel concerning an article which was written by Appellant's reporter, Ron Dusek. Mr. Dusek's article appeared in the editorial section of the paper and was entitled "Federal System Less Than Just?" The article in referring to Mr. Kerr's closing argument in the de la Torre-Garcia trial made the statement that "Kerr lied." The article...

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