Postill v. Booth Newspapers, Inc

This litigation arises out of an altercation which occurred during the early morning hours of July 11, 1976, at the Chelsea Fairgrounds. Those involved could not have conceived of the lengthy libel action which would have its genesis in that brawl. The trial in this action consumes over 4,000 pages of transcript, all as a result of the melee involving Frederick J. Postill, Frank Donley, and Basil Baysinger. All three of these individuals were at a wedding reception in Chelsea, Michigan, on that auspicious evening. Postill, at the time, was the elected sheriff of Washtenaw County. Donley was…