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BEDFORD v. SPASSOFF

NO. 16-0229.

520 S.W.3d 901 (2017)

Stephen Nolan BEDFORD, Also Known as Nolan Bedford, Petitioner, v. Darin SPASSOFF and 6 Tool, LLC, Formerly Known as Dallas Dodgers Baseball Club LLC, d/b/a Dallas Dodgers Baseball, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

OPINION DELIVERED: June 9, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Gilbreath , Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP, Dallas, Casey P. Kaplan , Robert Everett Wolin , K&L Gates, LLP, Dallas, Karen Kennedy , Kip H. Allison , Allison Associates, Plano, Lawrence J. Friedman , Ryan Kenneth Lurich , Michael Lewis Gaubert , Friedman & Fieger, LLP, Dallas, Michael Douglas Napoli , Dallas, Paul Richard Genender , Weil Gotshal & Manges LLp, Dallas, for Petitioner.

William Paul Johnson , Adrian Richard Ciechanowicz , Marnie A. McCormick , Duggins Wren Mann & Romero LLP, Austin, Patrick Joseph Pearsall , Winstead PC, Austin, for Respondent.

This is a libel case brought by a business and its sole owner. We must decide if the plaintiffs established a prima facie case that could survive a motion to dismiss under the Texas Citizens Participation Act. In a split decision, the court of appeals held, among other things, that the statement in dispute was defamatory per se and therefore...

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