Legal Opinion
Halpern v. NEWS-SUN BROADCASTING CO., INC.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided October 14, 1977No. 76-117PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Guild
Plaintiffs, the Pavilion of Highland Park, Inc., a corporation, and Daniel Halpern, the director, president and chief operating officer of said corporation, sued the News-Sun Broadcasting Company, Inc., the News-Sun and Steve Rothman, a reporter for the News-Sun, for allegedly libelous statements published during the period from October 1974 to and including February 1975, more explicitly set forth hereafter. On motion of the defendants, the circuit court of Lake County dismissed the amended complaint for failure to state a cause of action. The plaintiffs have appealed, contending that the…
2Cases cited18 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
- Coursey v. Greater Niles Township Publishing Corp.Illinois Supreme Court · 1968
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- Barry Harlem Corp. v. KraffAppellate Court of Illinois · 1995
- Quinn v. Jewel Food Stores, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1995
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