PULLUM v. JOHNSON

No. 94-387.

647 So.2d 254 (1994)

William A. PULLUM, Appellant, v. Edwin Mac JOHNSON and Faith Bible College, Inc. d/b/ Faith Communication, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

November 29, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T.A. Borowski, Jr. of Emmanuel, Sheppard & Condon, Pensacola, for appellant.

Michael Gibson of Johnson, Green & Locklin, P.A., Milton, for appellees.


VAN NORTWICK, Judge.

William A. Pullum brought suit against appellees charging that Edwin Mac Johnson defamed him in a radio broadcast when Johnson called him a "drug pusher." The trial court granted final summary judgment concluding that Johnson's speech was protected by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution and Pullum appealed. We affirm.

I.

Pullum, a prominent citizen in Santa Rosa County, has been the head of the County

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