Appellant Rufus Odem brought claims for defamation, tortious interference with contract, conspiracy, negligence, and gross negligence against Deloitte & Touche, LLP, John Morgan, and Kathie Schwerdtfeger (collectively "Deloitte & Touche”). Odem's claims arose out of a report prepared by Deloitte & Touche following a quality assessment review of the San Antonio Water System's internal audit

Kevin Webb, age 19, sued the Virginian-Pilot on a libel theory claiming that it falsely reported that he bullied a classmate. He claimed that the information published about him was false and misleading.

The Virginia-Pilot had this to say about the case:

"The Virginian-Pilot libeled a Great Bridge High School student when it reported that he bullied a schoolmate, a Circuit Court

Following an Austin television station's broadcast of an "investigative" news report that negatively portrayed his work as a neurosurgeon, Dr. Byron Neely and the professional association through which he practiced, Byron D. Neely, P.A. (collectively "Neely," except when the distinction is relevant), asserted causes of action for libel against the reporter who had written and presented the story,

Dr. Shirley Pigott brings this interlocutory appeal from the trial court's grant of Dr. Keith Miller's application for a temporary injunction against her. Pigott raises six issues contending that the trial court erred in granting Miller's application. We reverse and remand.



Background

In the underlying lawsuit, Dr. Keith Miller sued Dr. Shirley Pigott and Dr. Steven

In this interlocutory appeal, ZYZY Corporation, publisher of the Eagle Pass News-Guide, a newspaper of general circulation in Maverick County, complains of the trial court's order denying its motion for summary judgment in a libel suit brought by Gloria Hernandez. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann § 51.014(a)(6) (West 2008). We hold Hernandez's suit is not barred by limitations and that ZYZ

¶1 Presently before the Court is a disciplinary matter brought against E. Melvin Porter upon a grievance filed by District Judge Ralph G. Thomspon. After a hearing the Professional Responsibility Trial Panel found that E. Melvin Porter violated the mandatory strictures of 5 O.S.A. Ch. I, App. 3 (1981), D.R. 1-102(A)(5), (6) providing:

"(A) A lawyer shall not:

. . . . .

Appellant Kim Priebe filed suit against her stepmother Beverly A'Hearn, alleging defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The trial court granted A'Hearn's motion for directed verdict on the defamation claim. After a trial on the merits, the jury found A'Hearn liable for intentional infliction of emotional distress and awarded Priebe mental anguish damages and nominal exempla

Phenel Mondesir appeals from an order granting final summary judgment in favor of Luby's Restaurants, Limited Partnership. In his sole issue, Mondesir argues that his uncontroverted evidence raised genuine questions of material fact. Because Mondesir did not preserve his objection to the evidence submitted in support of the summary-judgment motion, and because he failed to adequately brief the i

The legal question raised on appeal is whether the district court erred by granting summary judgment to the defendant. Another question, unrelated to the legal one, but equally weighty, is "what happened to Jag?” Jag was (and perhaps still is) a Golden

Retriever owned by Janis Fonceca. Plaintiffs-Appellants Dennis and Audra Snyder are professional dog handlers. They were hired by Fonc

Plaintiff Ronald P. Ellison, Jr. was awarded $100,000 in compensatory damages after a jury trial of his claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging a violation of his Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable searches and seizures.

The case arises out of a search of Plaintiff's residence and seizure of various property pursuant to a search warrant applied for by Defendant Denise Balinski,

The appellant brought suit against his former employer and related entities as well as several other employees seeking to recover damages arising from an alleged assault and allegedly false statements made to the Texas Board of Law Examiners regarding the appellant's application for a law license. The trial court granted the no-evidence summary judgment motions filed by the appellees. On appeal,

James Parkey sued Indiana State Trooper Jason Sample under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming Sample had violated Parkey's rights under the Fourth Amendment by searching Parkey's home and seizing Parkey's property without probable cause. The district court granted Sample's motion for summary judgment, finding Parkey had not brought forth any evidence to demonstrate a lack of probable cause. We affirm.<

In the events described by Wendell Watson's pleadings, Watson was gambling at Harrah's Casino with $1,000.00 in cash he obtained from Harrah's in exchange for his personal check in that amount, when a dispute arose resulting in Harrah's confiscating his cash and ejecting him from the premises. That started a chain of events resulting in this appeal.

Because Harrah's took his

Gene Percudani and his companies, Raintree Homes and Chapel Creek Mortgage Banker, sued the Pocono Record on a libel theory claiming that a series of investigative articles published in 2001 about abusive home-sale practices, including use of inflated appraisals to sell homes for more than they were worth to those who could least of afford them. Percudani alleged he was falsely portrayed �

¶1 Plaintiff/Appellant Linda Stewart (Stewart) seeks review of the trial court's order denying her motion for new trial after a jury verdict for Defendants/Appellees NYT Broadcast Holdings and Griffin Communications (KFOR and KWTV, respectively) on Plaintiff's claims for defamation and false light invasion of privacy. In this appeal, Stewart asserts the broadcasts aired by Appellees were false an

¶1 Plaintiff Jennifer Ottens appeals from various procedural and evidentiary rulings and from the trial court's entry of a directed verdict in favor of Defendant Dan McNeil (Dan). We reverse and remand in part, and affirm in part.

BACKGROUND

¶2 Ottens's lawsuit stems from injuries she sustained in a March 29, 2002 automobile accident. The accident occurred on Interstate Highway 15

¶1 This action was commenced in the district court of Oklahoma county on March 23, 1942, by defendant in error, herein referred to as plaintiff, against Local Federal Savings & Loan Association, to cancel of record a mortagage covering lots 45 and 46, block 1, Bancroft addition to Oklahoma City, executed by Elery L. Ervin and Tessie E. Ervin, husband and wife, who did not own said property.

In New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254, 279-280 (1964), we held that, in a libel suit brought by a public official, the First Amendment requires the plaintiff to show that in publishing the defamatory statement the defendant acted with actual malice — "with knowledge that it was false or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not." We held further that such actual malic

Thomas Mink appeals the district court's dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint against Susan Knox, a deputy district attorney, on qualified immunity grounds. We reverse.

I.

Mr. Mink, a student at the University of Northern Colorado ("UNC”), created a fictional character, "Junius Puke,” for the editorial column of his internet-based journal, The Howling Pig.1

In an effort to force a nationwide laundry company to employ only union members and to improve their working conditions, a labor union commenced a campaign utilizing a variation of a technique known as secondary picketing. The campaign was directed at a group of hospitals that used the services of the laundry company. The union mailed postcards to prospective clients of the hospitals, warning them

ZH Technologies, Inc. ("ZH Tech”) and Abulala K. Naser ("Naser”) filed a complaint against Adnan Syed ("Syed”), Sheriza Ousman ("Ousman”), and Zerowire Technologies, Inc. ("Zerowire”),1 in which ZH Tech and Naser alleged six causes of action: (1) breach of fiduciary duty, (2) conversion, (3) unjust enrichment, (4) fraud, (5) violation of the Virginia business conspira

Plaintiffs-appellants ProShipLine, Inc. and EP-Team, Inc. appeal from two district court decisions in favor of defendantappellee Aspen Infrastructures Ltd. Both decisions involve a writ of maritime attachment that ProShipLine and EP-Team obtained against Aspen pursuant to Rule B of the Supplemental Rules for Certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ("Rule Bâ�

¶1 Anthony Yeung, M.D., sued Zoran Maric, M.D., for defamation and false light invasion of privacy. The trial court granted summary judgment to Dr. Maric, finding statements Dr. Maric made in an independent medical examination report -- prepared in connection with a private, contractual arbitration proceeding -- are protected by the absolute privilege afforded to participants in judicial proceedi

Emmis Communications and Todd Spessard appeal from the jury verdict decided against them in a tort action relating to their news coverage of the arrest of a suspect in the BTK case. Melanie Valadez, the administrator of the Estate of Roger G. Valadez (Estate), cross-appeals from the judgment of the district court limiting the amount and scope of damages.

From 1974 to 1986, a series of at le

[¶1] Glenda Reynolds (Reynolds) appeals the West Park Hospital District's Board of Trustees' (Hospital District) decision to terminate her employment. Finding no error in the Hospital District's decision, we will affirm.

ISSUES

[¶2] Reynolds raises three issues on appeal. We have rephrased those issues as follows for clarity's sake:

1. Was the Hospital District's decision to