GORMAN v. SWAGGART, 530 So.2d 571 (La. 1988)

MARVIN GORMAN AND MARVIN GORMAN MINISTRIES, INC. v. JIMMY SWAGGART, JIMMY SWAGGART MINISTRIES, INC., WILLIAM D. TREEBY, THE FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA INC. LOUISIANA DISTRICT COUNCIL OF THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD, INC., THE GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD, LAKEVIEW CHRISTIAN CENTER CANAL ST. ASSEMBLY OF GOD, INC., MICHAEL INDEST, TOM MILLER, CECIL JANWAY, WALDO RISNER, ALLAN MCDONNEL AND DON BRANKEL.

No. 88-C-1375.Supreme Court of Louisiana.
September 23, 1988.

In re First Assembly/God Church New Orleans; Risner, Waldo; applying for writ of certiorari and/or review; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. CA-87757; Parish of Orleans, Civil District Court, Div. “K”, No. 87-5289.

[1] Denied. [2] DENNIS, J., would grant the writ. [3] LEMMON, J., votes to grant on the issue of the corporation’s cause of action for defamation.

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