Case Name: The ASSOCIATED PRESS, Appellant, v. Edwin A. WALKER, Appellee
Court: Texas Courts of Civil Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1967-07-21
Citations: 418 S.W.2d 379
Docket Number: No. 16624
Parties: The ASSOCIATED PRESS, Appellant, v. Edwin A. WALKER, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 418
Pages: 379–380

Head Matter:
The ASSOCIATED PRESS, Appellant, v. Edwin A. WALKER, Appellee.
No. 16624.
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas. Fort Worth.
July 21, 1967.
Rehearing Denied Sept. 22, 1967.
Cantey, Hanger, Gooch, Cravens & Scarborough, and J. A. Gooch, Carlisle Cravens, and Sloan B. Blair, Fort Worth, for appellant.
Looney, Watts, Looney, Nichols & Johnson, Oklahoma City, Okl.; Andress, Woodgate, Richards & Condos, and William Andress, Jr., Dallas, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
OPINION
On July 30, 1965, this Court affirmed a judgment of the trial court in which General Walker had been awarded judgment against The Associated Press in a libel action. Associated Press v. Walker, 393 S.W.2d 671 (writ ref. n. r. e.).
Subsequently, the case was brought before the Supreme Court of the United States by virtue of a writ of certiorari.
On June 12, 1967, the Supreme Court concluded that General Walker was not entitled to damages from The Associated Press. The judgment in favor of General Walker was reversed and this Court was instructed to act in conformity with the judgment of the Supreme Court. Associated Press v. Walker, 388 U.S. 130, 87 S.Ct. 1975, 18 L.Ed.2d 1094.
In complience with the judgment and mandate of the Supreme Court, we hereby set aside our prior judgment of affirmance and hereby reverse the judgment of the trial court and render judgment that General Walker recover nothing from The Associated Press, and that The Associated Press recover from Edwin A. Walker all costs as per mandate of the Supreme Court.