Legal Opinion
Cobbs v. Chicago Defender & Robert S. Abbott Publishing Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided January 20, 1941No. Gen. No. 41,476PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McSurely
Plaintiff filed a complaint alleging libel by defendants ; a motion to strike was sustained and leave given plaintiff to file an amended complaint; the court sustained a motion to strike this and dismissed the cause, and plaintiff appeals.
The court based its ruling upon the conclusion that the publication complained of in the amended complaint does not constitute a libel.
The amended complaint alleged that plaintiff was a person with good name and reputation in the city of Chicago, held in high esteem by his neighbors and among the people of his race where he resides; that he is a single man,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- O'Malley v. Illinois Publishing & Printing Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1915
- Cole v. MillspaughSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1910
- Cooper v. LawrenceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1917
- Potter v. New York Evening Journal Publishing Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
- Stephens v. Commercial-News Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1911
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Berkos v. National Broadcasting Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1987
- Tavoulareas v. PiroCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1985
- Lorillard v. Field Enterprises, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1965
- Gregory Hale v. Augustus Scott, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2004
- Owens v. CBS, INC.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1988
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