Legal Opinion
Costello v. Capital Cities Media, Inc.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided December 21, 1982No. 81-301PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Welch
This case arose as an action in the circuit court of St. Clair County to recover damages for the publication of an alleged libel. The plaintiff, chairman of the St. Clair County Board, brought suit against Capital Cities Media, Inc., publisher of the Belleville News Democrat and Richard N. Hargraves, an editorial writer for that newspaper. The trial court sustained a motion to dismiss the complaint and entered judgment for the defendants. Plaintiff has appealed.
On December 31, 1980, the following editorial appeared in the Belleville News Democrat:
“COSTELLO BLEW HIS FIRST CHANCE
Jerry Costello…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- William F. Buckley, Jr. v. Franklin H. LittellCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- Chapski v. Copley PressIllinois Supreme Court · 1982
- John v. Tribune CompanyIllinois Supreme Court · 1962
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation v. Walter Jacobson and Cbs, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- Dorothy Stevens v. Dorothy Wright TillmanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- Geick v. KayAppellate Court of Illinois · 1992
- Liberty Lobby, Inc. v. Jack AndersonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
- Costello v. Capital Cities Communications, Inc.Illinois Supreme Court · 1988
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