HUCKABEE v. TIME WARNER ENTERTAINMENT CO.

No. 98-1018.

19 S.W.3d 413 (2000)

Dean HUCKABEE, Petitioner, v. TIME WARNER ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY L.P., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided May 4, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Tynan Kelly, Diana E. Marshall, Paul J. Franzetti, Houston, for Petitioner.

Julie A. Ford, R. James George, Ben Jay Cunningham, Austin, for Respondent.


Chief Justice PHILLIPS delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Justice ENOCH, Justice BAKER, Justice ABBOTT, Justice HANKINSON, Justice O'NEILL, and Justice GONZALES joined.

We must decide whether a media defendant sued for defamation by a public official is entitled on the facts of this record to summary judgment on the issue of actual malice. Because the defendant produced evidence negating actual malice as a matter...

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