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Knight v. Chicago Tribune Co.

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided September 10, 2008No. 1-06-0957PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

PRESIDING JUSTICE MURPHY

delivered the opinion of the court:

This defamation action involves a trial about a trial about a trial. Thomas Knight was an assistant State’s Attorney who prosecuted Rolando Cruz for the murder of Jeanine Nicarico. Eventually the court acquitted Cruz. Other prosecutors later charged Knight with obstruction of justice. Knight also won an acquittal. Knight then sued Maurice Possley and his employer, the Chicago Tribune, accusing them of publishing falsehoods in their article about the prosecution against Knight on the charge of obstructing justice. The jurors found…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Bryson v. News America Publications, Inc.Illinois Supreme Court · 1996
  3. Simmons v. GarcesIllinois Supreme Court · 2002
  4. Chapski v. Copley PressIllinois Supreme Court · 1982
  5. Gosden v. LouisOhio Court of Appeals · 1996

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Linhart v. Bridgeview Creek Development, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 2009

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