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WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT, INC. v. JONES

No. 18-0068.

611 S.W.3d 1 (2020)

WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT, INC.; Warner Bros. Technical Operations, Inc. d/b/a Warner Bros. Advanced Digital Services; TMZ Productions, Inc.; EHM Production, Inc. d/b/a TMZ; TMZ.com; and Elizabeth McKernan, Petitioners, v. Robert JONES, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Opinion Delivered: May 8, 2020.

Rehearing Denied October 2, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Babcock , Houston, Joshua A. Romero , Peter Carl Hansen , Austin, for Petitioners.

Ben C. Broocks , Alan B. Daughtry , Houston, for Respondent.

Devin L. Kerns , Thomas S. Leatherbury , Marc A. Fuller , Dallas, for Amici Curiae Gannett Co, Inc., the New York Times Company, the Dallas Morning News, Inc., the Austin American-Statesman, Pro Publica, Inc., the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas, Dow Jones & Company, Inc., Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Harry Herzog , for Amicus Curiae Stephanie Zoanni.

Marc A. Fuller , Thomas S. Leatherbury , Devin L. Kerns , Dallas, Wallace B. Jefferson , Austin, Nicholas B. Bacarisse , for Amici Curiae Graham Media Group, the Texas Press Association, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, the Texas Association of Broadcasters.

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