Jurisprudence
The Texas Supreme Court has overruled an attempt by former Oklahoma football Coach Barry Switzer to force a former Dallas Times Herald reporter to name what he contends are confidential sources.
The court denied Switzer the chance to request a court order, which his attorneys sought in preparation for the Feb. 24 trial in a lawsuit by reporter Jack Taylor. Taylor is suing Switzer for $30 million in damages he claims were caused by Switzer’s autobiography “Bootlegger’s Boy.”
Taylor turned over some, but not all his records, saying that he refused to identify confidential sources.
Taylor’s lawsuit accuses Switzer, co-author Bud Shrake and publisher William Morrow & Co. of libel, slander, and invasion of privacy.
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