Legal Opinion
Farnsworth v. Tribune Company
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided November 26, 1969No. 41699PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Underwood
The principal issue in this case concerns the scope of the restrictions imposed by the first and fourteenth amendments of the Federal constitution upon the power of a State to afford tort remedies for harm caused by spoken or written words.
Plaintiff, Myrtle S. Farnsworth, an osteopathic physician holding a limited license issued by the State of Illinois, brought a libel action against the Tribune Company, publisher of the Chicago Tribune, and against Norma Lee Browning, a feature writer and reporter for the newspaper, based upon the publication of three articles on December 3, 4 and 7, 1961,…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Thornhill v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- 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
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3Cited by38 opinions
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