CARR v. BRASHER

No. C-7248.

776 S.W.2d 567 (1989)

Walter A. CARR and Al Thiel, Petitioners, v. Lynn BRASHER, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied June 21, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mithoff & Jacks, Richard Warren Mithoff, Tommy Jacks, Scott Rothenberg, Houston, for Carr.

Craig Smyser, Paul E. Stallings, Houston, for Thiel.

Beatrice Maldenka-Fowler, Houston, for respondent.


GONZALEZ, Justice.

This is a defamation action brought by a public figure. Lynn Brasher, former mayor of the City of South Houston, Texas, sued the victorious candidate, Al Thiel, alleging that Thiel had libeled him in the course of the campaign in a series of campaign brochures authored by the second defendant, Walter Carr. The court of appeals reversed the trial court's summary judgment in favor of the defendants in part on the basis that the defendants had failed...

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