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FREEDOM NEWSPAPERS OF TEXAS v. CANTU

No. 04-0115.

168 S.W.3d 847 (2005)

FREEDOM NEWSPAPERS OF TEXAS, et al., Petitioner, v. Conrado M. CANTU, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided June 24, 2005.

Rehearing Denied September 2, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffery T. Nobles, Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, L.L.P., Houston, John A. Bussian III, The Bussian Law Firm, PLLC, Raleigh, NC, and Brian G. Janis, Sanchez, Whittington, Janis & Zabarte, Brownsville, for petitioner.

Victor Quintanilla, Brownsville, Larry Zinn, Law Office of Larry Zinn, San Antonio, Ernesto Gamez, Jr., Law Offices of Ernesto Gamez, Jr., for respondent.

Jorge C. Rangel, Jon D. Brooks, The Rangel Law Firm, P.C., Corpus Christi, Gregory S. Coleman, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, L.L.P., Austin, Thomas S. Leatherbury, Marc A. Fuller, Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P, Dallas, for Amicus Curiae.

Justice BRISTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

The former sheriff of Cameron County, Texas brought suit against The Brownsville Herald and two former employees (collectively "the Herald")1 alleging that two articles about a candidate debate shortly before the 2000 election were defamatory. The trial court denied the Herald's motions for summary judgment and the court of appeals affirmed.2

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