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Imperial Apparel, Ltd. v. Cosmo's Designer Direct, Inc.

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided February 7, 2008No. 103331PublishedCited by 70 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Karmeier

Justices Freeman, Fitzgerald, Kilbride, Garman, and Burke concurred in the judgment and opinion.

Chief Justice Thomas took no part in the decision.

OPINION

Imperial Apparel, Ltd. (Imperial); its owner, Paul Rosengarten; and an Imperial employee named Cyril Rosengarten brought an action in the circuit court of Cook County against Cosmo’s Designer Direct, Inc. (Cos-mo’s), and the Chicago Sun-Times (the Sun-Times) alleging that an advertisement for Cosmo’s published by the Sun-Times constituted defamation per se, defamation per quod, false light invasion of privacy and commercial disparagement.…

2Cases cited36 opinions

  1. New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  4. Miller v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  5. Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1990

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3Cited by70 opinions

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  5. BASF AG v. Great American Assurance Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2008

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