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NEWELL v. FIELD ENTERPRISES, INC.

No. 79-999.

91 Ill. App.3d 735 (1980)

415 N.E.2d 434

GEORGE O. NEWELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FIELD ENTERPRISES, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Opinion filed December 12, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah A. Sperlak, of Krebs & Langowski, of Chicago, for appellant.

A. Daniel Feldman, Ronald G. Zamarin, and Steven R. Gilford, all of Isham, Lincoln & Beale, of Chicago, for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE LORENZ delivered the opinion of the court:

In this appeal we face several issues involving both fundamental principles of common law libel and constitutional limitations, imposed under the first amendment, on the liability of the press for libel. Plaintiff, George Newell, alleged that a newspaper article, printed in the Chicago Daily News and published by the defendant Field...

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