COURSEY v. GREATER NILES TP. PUB. CORP.

Gen. No. 50,920.

82 Ill. App.2d 76 (1967)

227 N.E.2d 164

William Coursey, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The Greater Niles Township Publishing Corporation, an Illinois Corporation, Roland R. Moore, Jr., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Third Division.

Rehearing denied April 6, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward G. Raszus and Gene J. Shapiro, of Chicago (Edward G. Raszus, of counsel), for appellant.

Hoellen & Willens, of Chicago (Sherwin Willens, of counsel), for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE SCHWARTZ delivered the opinion of the court.

In an action for libel, summary judgment was entered for the defendants and plaintiff appeals on the ground that the pleadings present a genuine issue of fact which should have been tried. Plaintiff is a former patrolman in the employ of the Police Department of the village of Skokie, a suburb of Chicago. The charge of libel is based on an article printed in the September 17, 1964, edition of the "Skokie News...

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