Legal Opinion
Chapski v. Copley Press
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided October 22, 1982No. 55884PublishedCited by 192 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Underwood
Plaintiff, Robert A. Chapski, an attorney, filed this libel action in the circuit court of Kane County seeking damages against defendants, the Copley Press, the Daily Courier News, Michael Bailey, a reporter, D. Ray Wilson, editor and publisher, and LeRoy Clemens, executive editor. The circuit court granted defendants’ motion to dismiss on the basis of the “innocent construction” rule, and the appellate court affirmed (100 Ill. App. 3d 1012). We allowed plaintiff’s petition for leave to appeal.
The series of newspaper articles upon which the complaint was based appeared in the Daily Courier…
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