Second Court of Appeals

Summaries of Civil Opinions and Published Criminal Opinions Issued - Week of May 22, 2017.

NOTE: Summaries are prepared by the court's staff attorneys and law clerks for public information only and reflect his or her interpretation alone of the facts and legal issues. The summaries are not part of the court's opinion in the case and should not be cited to, quoted, or relied upon as the opinion of the court.

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The Dallas Morning News, Inc. v. Hall, No. 02-16-00371-CV (May 25, 2017) (Meier, J.; Walker and Gabriel, JJ., concur without opinion).

Held:  Appellees met their burden under the Texas Citizens’ Participation Act to establish the falsity element of their libel claims against Appellants, i.e., that the gists of the complained-of publications were not substantially true.  Appellants’ search-warrant argument improperly required the trial court to resolve an opposing reasonable inference against Appellees.