No ruling has yet been made in the appeal of the interesting case of Dallas land developer H. Walker Royall v. Carla Main, wherein Royall claims defamation for how he is depicted in her book, Bulldozed: \u2018Kelo\u2019, Eminent Domain and the American Lust for Land<\/em>. The Appeals Court for the Fifth District of Texas first heard the case last fall, but there has been no decision yet in regards to defamation or banning the book.<\/p>\n Royall filed the lawsuit claiming that Main and her publisher, Encounter for Culture and Education, defamed him and \u201churt his feelings\u201d. His attorneys insist that Royall is a \u201cprivate citizen who never sought publicity and who values his privacy.\u201d<\/p>\n The lead attorney for Main contends that the developer may disagree with the book, but criticism is a form of speech protected by the First Amendment. In the courtroom, neither the developer nor his attorneys apparently showed that the (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" No ruling has yet been made in the appeal of the interesting case of Dallas land developer H. Walker Royall v. Carla Main, wherein Royall claims defamation for how he is depicted in her book, Bulldozed: \u2018Kelo\u2019, Eminent Domain and…<\/span><\/p>\n