1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. So.2d
  4. 776 So.2d
  5. 776 So.2d 68 (2000)
 

SANDERS v. SMITHERMAN

1981670.

776 So.2d 68 (2000)

Henry SANDERS et al. v. Joe T. SMITHERMAN and Cecil Williamson.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

June 30, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rosemary Sanders, Collins Pettaway, Jr., and April England, Selma, for appellants.

John W. Kelly III, Selma; Philip Henry Pitts of Pitts, Pitts & Thompson, Selma; and John E. Pilcher and E. Elliott Barker of Pilcher & Pilcher, Selma, for appellees.

PER CURIAM.

This appeal arises from a defamation action based on printed and oral statements regarding conduct of State Senator Henry (Hank) Sanders; his wife, attorney Rose Sanders; and Dallas County District 3 Commissioner Perry Varner. Mr. Sanders is a state senator representing the 23rd District and is chairman of the Senate's Finance and Taxation/Education Fund Committee.

In early 1997, Cecil Williamson, an elected...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases