ACKER v. DENTON PUB. CO.

No. 2-96-080-CV.

937 S.W.2d 111 (1996)

Gary Lewis ACKER, Appellant, v. DENTON PUBLISHING COMPANY, Tom Bateman, Cynthia Baker, James Florez, Dawn Cobb, Fred W. Patterson, Jr., Fred W. Patterson, and Roy Appleton, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

December 19, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary L. Acker, Flower Mound, pro se.

J. Shelby Sharpe, Fort Worth, for appellees.

Before CAYCE, C.J., and BRIGHAM and HOLMAN, JJ.


OPINION

HOLMAN, Justice.

Gary Lewis Acker, pro se, appeals the summary judgment of a district court in Denton County that he take nothing on claims by which he sought $9.6 million in damages for alleged injury from newspaper articles written about him. Acker asserted causes of action for defamation, invasion of privacy, and deceptive trade practices. One defendant, Denton Publishing Company, publishes three newspapers, the Lewisville News, the

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