The Dallas appellate court has reversed the trial court’s judgment and held that Dallas developer H. Walker Royall failed to produce evidence that anything in Bulldozed: “Kelo,” Eminent Domain, and the American Lust for Land by Carla Main, published by Encounter Books in 2007, defames him in any way. The opinion reaffirms that criticism of public projects is protected by the First Amendment, and that developers who are involved in those projects cannot hide behind defamation law to escape criticism over their role