Wilson v. UNITED PRESS ASSOC.
Appellate Court of Illinois
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Friend
Plaintiff brought suit for damages for an alleged libel. Defendant filed a motion to strike the complaint which was sustained by the court, and plaintiff having elected to stand on Ms complaint, judgment was entered dismissing the suit at plaintiff’s costs, from which he has taken an appeal.
The suit grew out of an article and a dispatch by the United Press Association dated September 24, 1948 to a newspaper known as the Kankakee Daily Journal at Kankakee, Illinois, as well as to various other newspapers in Illinois and other states, reporting the decision of the Illinois Supreme Court…
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2Cases cited9 opinions
- Hearne v. De YoungCalifornia Supreme Court · 1898
- Skrocki v. StahlCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1910
- Ray v. Times Pub. Co.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1929
- The People v. WilsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1948
- Rein v. Sun Printing & Publishing Ass'nAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1921
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- Lulay v. Peoria Journal-Star, Inc.Illinois Supreme Court · 1966
- Gist v. MacOn County Sheriff's DepartmentAppellate Court of Illinois · 1996
- Michael Allen Vachet v. Central Newspapers, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- Berkos v. National Broadcasting Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1987
- Welch v. Chicago Tribune Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1975
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