WAHLER v. SCHROEDER

No. 54721.

9 Ill. App.3d 505 (1972)

292 N.E.2d 521

WILBERT J.J. WAHLER et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. GERALD A. SCHROEDER et al., Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District.

December 29, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter R. Stewart, of Champaign, for appellants.

Edward R. Davis, of Chicago, (Wilbert J.J. Wahler and Daniel W. Pecyna, pro se, of counsel,) for appellees.


Judgment reversed; cross-appeal dismissed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHWARTZ delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an action in libel in which plaintiffs, who are lawyers, seek damages against the defendants, their former clients. It is alleged by plaintiffs that in a reply brief filed in a suit in the United States Court of Appeals, the defendant made defamatory and unwarranted charges. The trial court found for the plaintiffs and entered judgment for $1,000 each...

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