GERTZ v. ROBERT WELCH, INC.

No. 81-2483.

680 F.2d 527 (1982)

Elmer GERTZ, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ROBERT WELCH, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 16, 1982.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied September 15, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Machanic, Pierson, Ball Dowd, Washington, D. C., for defendant-appellant.

Wayne Giampietro, DeJong, Poltrock & Giampietro, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before SPRECHER and POSNER, Circuit Judges, and BONSAL, Senior District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 15, 1982.

SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.

This defamation action comes before us after retrial in the district court pursuant to the mandate of the Supreme Court in Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc., 418 U.S. 323, 94 S.Ct. 2997, 41 L.Ed.2d 789 (1974). A jury found in favor of the plaintiff, Elmer Gertz, and awarded compensatory and punitive...

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