Update: Wentworth v Jones Anti-SLAPP motion denied
June 8, 2012
The San Antonio Express-News is reporting that Judge Martha Tanner denied Elizabeth Ames Jones’ Anti-SLAPP motion to dismiss the defamation lawsuit which Jeff Wentworth filed against her last month.
See full story: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Senator-s-defamation-suit-can-proceed-3616726.php
The article reports that Jones is planning to appeal the denial of the Anti-SLAPP motion.
EDITOR’S NOTE: this case was settled on the eve of appellate argument.
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Slapped In Texas 
Judge Gina Slaughter has denied a motion to dismiss in the State 191st court in Dallas County from a developer Richard Myers against a home town hyper-news web site known as LocalNewsOnly.com…we need some help. This is a one man show that has been reporting on local area news since 2000. The defamation suit is over a column written concerning a judgment against the developer for $7 million. He was a primary developer in the city of Colleyville of the Village of Colleyville where a former Mayor directed $7.5 million in TIF funds