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Costello v. Capital Cities Communications, Inc.

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided December 15, 1988No. 65083PublishedCited by 55 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ward

Jerry Costello, elected chairman of the St. Clair County board, filed an action for libel in the circuit court of St. Clair County against Capital Cities Media, Inc. (Capital Cities), the owner of the Belleville News Democrat (News Democrat), a newspaper of general circulation in St. Clair County, and Richard Hargraves, the editor of the News Democrat’s editorial page. The complaint alleged that the defendants had libeled the plaintiff in an editorial published on December 30, 1980, in the News Democrat. The circuit court dismissed the plaintiff’s complaint for failure to state a cause of…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  4. Chapski v. Copley PressIllinois Supreme Court · 1982
  5. John v. Tribune CompanyIllinois Supreme Court · 1962

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3Cited by55 opinions

  1. Bryson v. News America Publications, Inc.Illinois Supreme Court · 1996
  2. Kolegas v. Heftel Broadcasting Corp.Illinois Supreme Court · 1992
  3. Luther Haynes and Dorothy Haynes v. Alfred A. Knopf, Incorporated, and Nicholas LemannCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
  4. Anderson v. Vanden DorpelIllinois Supreme Court · 1996
  5. Mittelman v. WitousIllinois Supreme Court · 1990

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