Legal Opinion
Cowper v. Vannier
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided March 30, 1959No. Gen. 10,199PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE CARROLL
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an action to recover damages for the publication of an alleged libel.
The cause was tried by a jury and resulted in a verdict of $6,000 for plaintiff. A motion for a new trial was denied and defendant has appealed.
Defendant edits and publishes a weekly newspaper called The Bluffs Times. The alleged libelous matter was published in said newspaper on July 25, 1956 as part of an account of a meeting of the Scott County Board of School Trustees, of which plaintiff was a member, and is as follows: “One board member, Cowper of Glasgow, was…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Ogren v. Rockford Star Printing Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1919
- Dilling v. Illinois Publishing & Printing Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1950
- Dowie v. PriddleIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
- LaGrange Press v. Citizen Publishing Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1929
- White v. BourquinAppellate Court of Illinois · 1917
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Landry v. DaleyDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1968
- Berkos v. National Broadcasting Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1987
- Harris Trust & Savings Bank v. PhillipsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1987
- Eastern Air Lines, Inc. v. GellertDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983
- Hambric v. Field Enterprises, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1964
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