Texas Supreme Court
New Times, Inc. D/b/a Dallas Observer, Dallas Observer, L.p., Rose Farley, Julie Lyons, and Patrick Williams…
September 3, 200447 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 1140
Summary
The Texas Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeals, holding that the Dallas Observer's satirical article was not actionable defamation because a reasonable reader would understand it as satire and the plaintiffs failed to prove actual malice. Accordingly, summary judgment was granted for New Times and the plaintiffs receive nothing.