FACTOR v. CARSON, PIRIE SCOTT & COMPANY

No. 16000.

393 F.2d 141 (1968)

John FACTOR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CARSON, PIRIE SCOTT & COMPANY, Kroch's & Brentano's, Inc., The Fair, Illinois corporations, and Ray Brennan, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 10, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert E. Jenner, Jr., Keith F. Bode, Robert E. Pfaff, Philip W. Tone, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant, Raymond, Mayer, Jenner & Block, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

Howard P. Robinson, George W. McBurney, Arthur F. Staubitz, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee, Carson, Pirie Scott & Co.; Sidley & Austin, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

Narcisse A. Brown, William F. McNally, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee, The Fair.

Eloise Johnstone, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee, Ray Brennan.

Jack Edward Dwork, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee, Kroch's & Brentano's, Inc.

Before SCHNACKENBERG, Circuit Judge, KNOCH, Senior Circuit Judge, and SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.


Rehearing Denied May 10, 1968, en banc.

SCHNACKENBERG, Circuit Judge.

John Factor, plaintiff, a resident of California, has appealed from a judgment of the district court dismissing, on the authority of an Illinois statute of limitations,1 his suit for libel and invasion of privacy, refiled in 1965.

The litigation is a result of the publication and sale of a book entitled "The Stolen Years" which plaintiff's counsel describe...

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