Legal Opinion
Dauw v. Field Enterprises, Inc.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided October 17, 1979No. 78-2127PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SIMON
delivered the opinion of the court:
The Chicago Sun-Times published a series of articles growing out of an investigation of executive counseling agencies. The subject of one of the articles, Dean C. Dauw, sued the newspaper and its reporter for libel. The amended complaint was dismissed for failure to state a cause of action. Because the article may be interpreted in a way that does not defame Dauw, the “innocent-construction rule” requires that the dismissal be affirmed.
Dauw claims that the article, which appeared under the headline “Executive Recruiter Pledges Much…
2Cases cited15 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
- John v. Tribune CompanyIllinois Supreme Court · 1962
- Troman v. WoodIllinois Supreme Court · 1975
- Zeinfeld v. Hayes Freight Lines, Inc.Illinois Supreme Court · 1968
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- Newell v. Field Enterprises, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1980
- Berkos v. National Broadcasting Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1987
- Action Repair, Inc. v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., D/B/A Wls-TvCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
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