Legal Opinion
Reed v. Northwestern Publishing Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided October 20, 1988No. 65876PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cunningham
In the circuit court of Vermilion County, plaintiff, a Danville police officer, filed this libel action against the Northwestern Publishing Company, doing business as The Commercial News (CN), and two of its reporters, Bob Wilson and Carl Young. Wilson and Young were authors of certain allegedly defamatory material concerning plaintiff appearing in CN. The circuit court initially granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment, but this ruling was reversed on appeal (Reed v. Northwestern Publishing Co. (1984), 129 Ill. App. 3d 133), and trial was held. At the close of plaintiff’s case, a…
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