Legal Opinion
Tunnell v. Edwardsville Intelligencer, Inc.
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided September 26, 1969No. 41687PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Schaefer
This case is here on leave granted to appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Court, Fifth District. 99 Ill. App. 2d 1.
The original plaintiff, Robert W. Tunnell, brought this action in the circuit court of Madison County, alleging that he had been defamed in a newspaper article published by the defendant, Edwardsville Intelligencer, Inc., during a mayoralty campaign in the city of Edwardsville. The article charged that the incumbent mayor was ignoring a local ordinance and a State statute by making repeated temporary appointments to the police and Ere departments of the city. It referred to…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Garrison v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Martin's Administrator v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
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3Cited by38 opinions
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- Variety Children's Hosp., Inc. v. PerkinsDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1980
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