Dixie Chicks face defamation lawsuit after using court records
In defending themselves against a current defamation charge, the Dixie Chicks may use the “fair report privilege”. The privilege holds that statements are not defamatory if they are fair and accurate and derived from official sources. Terry Hobbs is suing the Chicks of wrongly accusing him of murder. -DB Citizen Media Law Project Jan. 22, 2009 By Sam Bayard The defamation lawsuit against Dixie Chicks singer Natalie Maines and her band mates over an open