NORTH MISSISSIPPI COMMUNICATIONS, INC. v. JONES

No. 90-1601.

951 F.2d 652 (1992)

NORTH MISSISSIPPI COMMUNICATIONS, INC., and Pamela McPhail Ivy, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Douglas W. JONES, Defendant, Desoto County Board of Supervisor, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 28, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Cocke, C. William Denton, Borod & Kramer, Memphis, Tenn., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Robert J. Kelly, Ann H. Lamar, Hernando, Miss., for defendant-appellee.

Before BROWN, KING and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

This free-speech case comes before this court for the third time. It all started when the owners of the North Mississippi Times brought suit against the DeSoto County Board, alleging that, in violation of the First Amendment, the Board withheld county advertising in retaliation for the Times' publication of negative stories about the Board. Because of this court's actions on earlier appeals, the sole issue now before this...

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