Legal Opinion
Popp v. O'NEIL
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided May 15, 2000No. 2-99-0695PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Geiger
The plaintiff, John Popp, Jr., appeals from the May 20, 1999, order of the circuit court of Kane County dismissing his complaint with prejudice pursuant to section 2 — 619(a)(9) of the Code of Civil Procedure (the Code) (735 ILCS 5/2 — 619(a)(9) (West 1998)). The plaintiff brought the instant action seeking to recover damages for allegedly libelous statements contained in a letter written by the defendant, Timothy O’Neil, who was an associate with the law firm of Murphy, Hupp, Foote, Mielke, & Kinnally (the Murphy firm). In dismissing the plaintiffs complaint, the trial court found that the…
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- McDavitt v. BoyerIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
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