Legal Opinion
Audition Division, Ltd. v. Better Business Bureau of Metropolitan Chicago, Inc.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided December 14, 1983No. 82-1524PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE McNAMARA
delivered the opinion of the court:
Plaintiff, Audition Division, Ltd., brought this action against defendants seeking money damages for libel and tortious interference with existing and prospective contracts. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
Plaintiff is a talent and modeling agency for children and adults. Prospective models or their parents forward applications to plaintiff for its review. Following this initial screening, the prospective models are called in for a video-taped audition. If the audition is…
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