MacIe v. Clark Equipment Co.

This was a libel suit. A three-count complaint alleged that in civil case No. 68 C 865, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, appellees Clark Equipment Company, a corporation, and John A. Dienner, composed, wrote or caused the composition and writing of certain affidavits and pleadings that contained false and inflammatory matters concerning appellants Henry J. Macie, David Duncan and Advanced Hydraulics, Inc., an Illinois corporation. The allegedly libelous statements were contained in four exhibits attached to the complaint. Instead of answering, appellees…