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JOHNSON v. DELTA-DEMOCRAT PUB. CO.

No. 57948.

531 So.2d 811 (1988)

Sarah H. JOHNSON v. DELTA-DEMOCRAT PUBLISHING COMPANY, a corporation, and Ken Cazalas.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 5, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred C. DeLong, Jr., Roy D. Campbell, Jr., Campbell, DeLong, Hagwood, Wade & Stuart, Greenville, for appellant.

Luther T. Munford, Ross F. Bass, Jr., Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, Jackson, Philip Mansour, Sr., Mansour & Mansour, Stan Perkins, Greenville, John C. Henegan, Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, Jackson, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and GRIFFIN and ZUCCARO, JJ.

GRIFFIN, Justice, for the Court:

This is a libel action brought against a newspaper, The Delta Democrat-Times (DD-T), and its editorial columnist, Ken Cazalas.

The appellant, Mrs. Sarah H. Johnson, the only black person of seven who comprise the City Council of Greenville, filed a complaint based on libel and actionable words, § 95-1-1, Miss. Code Ann. (1972), against The Delta Democrat-Times (DD-T) and its editor. She sought $450,000 in...

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