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MATHIS v. CANNON

No. S02G0361.

573 S.E.2d 376 (2002)

MATHIS v. CANNON.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied December 13, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Hurt, James W. Hurt & Associates, Thomas Harry Hurt, Hurt & Associates, Cordele, for Appellant.

James C. Rawls, Eric Peter Schroeder, Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, L.L.P.; Jeffrey O. Bramlett, Boudurant, Mixon & Elmore; David E. Hudson, Hull, Towill, Norman, Barrett & Salley; Jamie Nordhaus Shipp, King & Spalding, Atlanta, Amici Appellants.

Michael B. Terry, Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, L.L.P., Atlanta, amicus curiae for the appellant.

Robert Claude Norman, Jr., Hubert C. Lovein, Jr., Jones, Cork & Miller, Macon, for Appellee.

FLETCHER, Chief Justice.

This libel action involves the interplay between the constitutional right of free speech under the First Amendment and an individual's right to protect his reputation. Bruce Mathis, a Crisp County resident, posted three inflammatory messages about Thomas C. (Chris) Cannon on an Internet bulletin board as part of a local controversy concerning the unprofitable operation of a solid waste recovery facility in Crisp County. Three weeks later,...

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