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COSTELLO v. CAPITAL CITIES MEDIA, INC.

No. 81-301.

111 Ill. App.3d 1009 (1982)

445 N.E.2d 13

JERRY COSTELLO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CAPITAL CITIES MEDIA, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Rehearing denied January 18, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amiel Cueto, of Belleville, for appellant.

Robert B. Hoemeke and John M. Hessel, both of Lewis, Rice, Tucker, Allen and Chubb, of St. Louis, Missouri, for appellees.

Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE WELCH delivered the opinion of the court:

This case arose as an action in the circuit court of St. Clair County to recover damages for the publication of an alleged libel. The plaintiff, chairman of the St. Clair County Board, brought suit against Capital Cities Media, Inc., publisher of the Belleville News Democrat and Richard N. Hargraves, an editorial writer for that newspaper...

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