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COOPER v. ROCKFORD NEWSPAPERS, INC.

No. 76-298.

50 Ill. App.3d 247 (1977)

365 N.E.2d 744

FRED R. COOPER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ROCKFORD NEWSPAPERS, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed June 30, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Howard and Eugene E. Brassfield, both of Maynard, Brassfield & Cowan, of Rockford, for appellant.

Francis E. Hickey, of Rockford, for appellees.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SEIDENFELD delivered the opinion of the court:

Fred R. Cooper, the plaintiff, appeals from a judgment dismissing his libel action against the defendant newspaper publisher, two of its officers, and its parent company.

The allegedly libelous statement is contained in an editorial printed in the Rockford Register-Star on November 3, 1974. The editorial in its entirety is...

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