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FOUNDING CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY v. AMA

No. 77-561.

60 Ill. App.3d 586 (1978)

377 N.E.2d 158

FOUNDING CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY OF WASHINGTON, D.C., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

Opinion filed May 17, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brizius & Nixon, of Chicago (Charles W. Nixon, of counsel), for appellant.

Richard J. Phelan, Michael A. Pope, and Roseann Oliver, all of Chicago (Phelan & Pope and Sidley & Austin, of counsel), for appellees.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SIMON delivered the opinion of the court:

The core of this case is the applicability of the statute of limitations (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 83, par. 14) and the Uniform Single Publication Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 126, par. 11) to a complaint alleging libel.

On December 29, 1975, the plaintiff, the Founding Church of Scientology of Washington D.C. (FCS) filed a three-count complaint for libel against the defendants...

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