Legal Opinion
Fogus v. Capital Cities Media, Inc.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided December 20, 1982No. 81-570PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Welch
Plaintiff, a Belleville, Illinois, police officer, brought suit in the Circuit Court of St. Clair County to recover damages for the publication of an alleged libel. The defendants are Capital Cities Media, Inc., publisher of the Belleville News Democrat, and Joseph Weiler, an editor of that newspaper. The trial court sustained a motion to dismiss the complaint and entered judgment for the defendants. Plaintiff has appealed.
On August 20, 1979, a news story appeared in the Belleville News Democrat with the headline: “Youths arrested in raid say police abused them.” The article is reprinted in…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Hutchinson v. ProxmireSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Beckley Newspapers Corp. v. HanksSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Chapski v. Copley PressIllinois Supreme Court · 1982
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Barry v. Time, Inc.District Court, N.D. California · 1984
- Costello v. Capital Cities Media, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1982
- Owens v. CBS, INC.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1988
- Cartwright v. GarrisonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1983
- Davis v. Keystone Printing Service, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1987
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