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BONTKOWSKI v. CHICAGO SUN-TIMES AND FIELD ENTERPRISES, INC.

Gen. No. 53,027.

115 Ill. App.2d 229 (1969)

252 N.E.2d 689

Thaddeus Bontkowski, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Chicago Sun-Times and Field Enterprises, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Fourth Division.

September 17, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Will Gierach, William R. Dunn, and Frank J. Kopecky, Jr., of Oak Lawn, for appellant.

A. Daniel Feldman and Peter C. John, of Chicago (Isham, Lincoln & Beale, of Chicago, of counsel), for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE STAMOS delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff, Thaddeus Bontkowski, an attorney, brought a libel per se action against defendants Chicago Sun-Times and Marshall Field Enterprises, Inc. The defendants' motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a cause of action was sustained, and plaintiff appeals.

The complaint alleged that plaintiff is a person of good name, fame, and repute, held in high esteem by and

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