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PORT ARTHUR SCHOOL DIST. v. KLEIN & ASSOC.

No. 09-01-239 CV.

70 S.W.3d 349 (2002)

PORT ARTHUR INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, Appellant, v. KLEIN & ASSOCIATES POLITICAL RELATIONS, A Division of Klein Investments, Klein Investments, and Phillip R. Klein, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Decided February 14, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher B. Gilbert, Bracewell & Patterson, L.L.P., Houston, for appellant.

J. Keith Stanley, Buna, for appellees.

Before WALKER, C.J., BURGESS and GAULTNEY, JJ.

OPINION

DAVID B. GAULTNEY, Justice.

The question presented is whether a governmental unit may sue for defamation. The answer is no.

The Case

The SouthEast Texas Political Review, a website owned by Klein & Associates, published a story by Philip Klein. In the Review, Klein stated that a "huge fight" had occurred at a prom sponsored by Thomas Jefferson High School, a school within...

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