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WASTE MGMT. v. TX DISPOSAL SYS. LANDFILL

No. 12-0522.

434 S.W.3d 142 (2014)

WASTE MANAGEMENT OF TEXAS, INC., Petitioner, v. TEXAS DISPOSAL SYSTEMS LANDFILL, INC., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided May 9, 2014.

Rehearing Denied June 27, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc A. Fuller , Thomas S. Leatherbury , Vinson & Elkins LLP, R. Kent Piacenti Dallas, TX, for Amicus Curiae.

Amy J. Schumacher , Roach & Newton, L.L.P., Thomas R. Phillips , Baker Botts LLP, Austin, Daniel William Davis , Robert M. `Randy' Roach Jr. , Roach & Newton, L.L.P., Thomas M. Gregor , William W. Ogden , Ogden Gibson Broocks Longoria & Hall, LLP, Houston, Mollie Cohn Lambert , Cohn & Lambert, Cleveland, TX, for Petitioner.

James Alan Hemphill , John J. `Mike' McKetta III , Graves Dougherty Hearon & Moody, P.C., Austin, TX, for Respondent.

Justice WILLETT delivered the opinion of the Court.

When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.1

This defamation case specifically concerns libel (defamation in written form), but Socrates' perception of slander (defamation in spoken form) applies with no less force.

In 1995, Waste Management of Texas, Inc. (WMT) and Texas Disposal Systems Landfill, Inc. (TDS) competed for waste-disposal and...

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