defamation

Texas Defamation Case Law

Morrill v. Cisek (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Dec. 21, 2006)(Bland)
[family law, defamation per se claim against former spouse, permanent injunction to prohibit contact with
employer]
AFFIRM TC JUDGMENT: Opinion by Justice Bland
Before Chief Justice Radack, Justices Alcala and Bland
01-06-00268-CV Ann C. Morrill v. Lawrence J. Cisek, Jr.
Appeal from 400th District Court of Ft. Bend County

Quebe v. Pope (Tex.App.–Houston [14th Dist.] June 20, 2006)(Hedges)
[sexual assault allegations, denial of sj on defamation and tortious interference with a contract; no
interlocutory jurisdiction; no media defendant; ILA prohibited by common law; ILA statute must be construed
strictly)
DISMISSED: Opinion by Chief Justice Hedges
Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Brock Yates and Guzman
14-05-01054-CV Jacqueline Quebe and Charles Quebe v. Curtis Pope
Appeal from 405TH District Court of Galveston County (Judge Wayne J. Mallia)

Wolters v. Delgatto (Tex.App-Houston [14th Dist.] March 16, 2006)(Yates)
[pro se, vexatious litigant designation, bond, filing baseless, frivolous suit, conversion, slander, church and
state, first amendment, ecclesiastical matters, religious controversy, lack of jurisdiction]
AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Leslie Brock Yates
Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Brock Yates and Anderson
14-05-00055-CV Joyce Wolter v. Joe Delgatto, Madeline Delgatto, Eldon Sheffer, Michael Cole, Lynn
Johnson, Stanley Beyer, Jeanie Flowers, Douglas Harper, Jody Harrington, John Hirling, Jerry Hurst, Roy
Keezel, Leona Nickerson, Louise Row, Tom Lord, Houston Housing Management Corp.
Appeal from 280th District Court of Harris County

Harvest House Publishers v. The Local Church (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Jan. 5, 2006)(Radack)(cert.
denied) (religion, first amendment, libel suit by church against publisher over cult labeling, interlocutory
appeal, media)
REVERSE TC JUDGMENT AND RENDER JUDGMENT: Opinion by Chief Justice Radack
(Before Chief Justice Radack, Justices Alcala and Bland)
01-04-00231-CV Harvest House Publishers, John Ankerberg, and John Weldon v. The Local Church, et al.
Appeal from 80th District Court of Harris County (Hon. Kent C. Sullivan)