Legal Opinion
Cooper v. Rockford Newspapers, Inc.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided June 30, 1977No. 76-204PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Seidenfeld
Defendants, Rockford Newspapers, Inc., and Cove Hoover, its former publisher and president, appeal from an order finding them in contempt and fining the newspapers *2,000 and Hoover *1,000. This is the third in a series of appeals arising from plaintiff’s charge that he was libeled by the defendants. Following the filing of Cooper’s libel complaint a temporary injunction was issued at his request which enjoined the defendants from editorializing about the libel suit. A petition was thereafter filed by the plaintiff seeking to find defendants in contempt for publishing an editorial allegedly in…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Elrod v. BurnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Nebraska Press Assn. v. StuartSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- New York Times Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Maness v. MeyersSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Walker v. City of BirminghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by9 opinions
- In the Matter of Application to Adjudge the Providence Journal Company and Its Executive Editor, Charles M. Hauser, in Criminal Contempt. Appeal of Providence Journal Company and Charles HauserCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
- Village of Gilberts v. Holiday Park Corp.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1986
- Cada v. Costa Line, Inc.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1981
- State v. ChavezCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1979
- In re Adjudge the Providence Journal Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
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