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WRIGHT v. GROVE SUN NEWSPAPER CO., INC.

No. 77169.

873 P.2d 983 (1994)

Ace N. WRIGHT, Jr., Appellant, v. GROVE SUN NEWSPAPER COMPANY, INC., and State of Oklahoma ex rel. Jon Douthitt, in his individual capacity, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

April 12, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl Hughes, Joe White, Jr., Leo Winters, II, Hughes, White, Adams & Grant, Oklahoma City, for appellant.

Michael Minnis, David McCullough, Michael Minnis & Associates, P.C., Oklahoma City, for appellee.

OPALA, Justice.

The issues presented on certiorari are (1) Was the republication by Grove Sun Newspaper Company, Inc. [Grove Sun, defendant or newspaper] of material, released by the District Attorney of Delaware County [district attorney or prosecutor] at a news conference called by his office and held at the courthouse, privileged and hence not actionable in a libel claim? and (2) If the material was privileged, could Ace...

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