The DALLAS MORNING NEWS, INC. and Steve Blow, Petitioners
v.
John TATUM and Mary Ann Tatum, Respondents.
Supreme Court of Texas.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued January 10, 2018.
Opinion Delivered: May 11, 2018.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Stephen Chambers, 3445 Potomac Ave., Dallas TX 75205, pro se.
Eugene Volokh , Scott & Cyan Banister First, Amendment Clinic, UCLA, School of Law, 405 Hilgard Ave., Los Angeles CA 90095, Russell Falconer , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, 2100 McKinney Avenue, Suite 1100, Dallas TX 75201-6912, James A. Hemphill , Graves Dougherty Hearon & Moody PC, 401 Congress Avenue, Suite 2200, Austin TX 78701, for Amicus Curiae.
Paul C. Watler , Jackson Walker LLP, 2323 Ross Avenue, Suite 600, Bank of America Plaza, Dallas TX 75201, Wallace B. Jefferson , Jefferson & Townsend LLP, 515 Congress Avenue, Suite 2350, Austin TX 78701-3562, Rachel A. Ekery , Alexander Dubose , Jefferson & Townsend LLP, 515 Congress Avenue, Suite 2350, Austin TX 78701-3562, Shannon Z. Teicher , Jackson Walker L.L.P., 2323 Ross Avenue, Suite 600, Dallas TX 75202-2725, for Petitioner.
Joseph D. Sibley IV , Camara & Sibley LLP, 4400 Post Oak Pkwy., Suite 2700, Houston TX 77027, for Respondent.
Justice Brown delivered the unanimous opinion of the Court with respect to Parts I, II, III.B, and IV, the opinion of the Court with respect to Part III.A, in which Chief Justice Hecht, Justice Green, Justice Guzman, and Justice Devine joined, and an opinion with respect to Part III.C, in which Chief Justice Hecht and Justice Johnson joined.
Jeffrey V. Brown, Justice.
Words — so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.1
— Nathaniel Hawthorne
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