HEINE v. REED

No. 2009-CA-0869.

28 So.3d 529 (2009)

Anton HEINE and Anton, Ltd. v. Julia REED and Harpercollins Publishers, L.L.C.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

December 16, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Arlen Braud, II, Michelle O. Gallagher, Braud & Gallagher, LLC, Madisonville, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellants.

Mary Ellen Roy, Dan Zimmerman, Phelps Dunbar, LLP, New Orleans, LA, For Defendants/Appellees.

(Court composed of Chief Judge JOAN BERNARD ARMSTRONG, Judge MICHAEL E. KIRBY, Judge MAX N. TOBIAS, JR.).


MAX N. TOBIAS, JR., Judge.

The plaintiffs/appellants, Anton Heine ("Heine") and Anton, Ltd., filed a defamation action against the defendants/appellees, Julia Reed ("Reed") and HarperCollins Publishers, L.L.C. ("HarperCollins"). The trial court sustained the defendants/appellees' exception of no cause of action, and the plaintiffs/appellants timely appealed. We find that the published statements do not meet the elements necessary to support a cause of action in defamation...

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