COLSON v. STIEG

No. 53954.

89 Ill.2d 205 (1982)

433 N.E.2d 246

JOHN CALVIN COLSON, Appellee, v. LEWIS STIEG, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied March 25, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert K. Skolrood, of Tulsa, Oklahoma (Jack D. Ward and John Templin, of counsel), for appellant.

James R. Buck, of Klein, Stoddard & Buck, of Sycamore, for appellee.


Affirmed and remanded.

CHIEF JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

John Calvin Colson filed suit in the circuit court of De Kalb County charging that the defendant, Lewis Stieg, had published certain defamatory remarks about the plaintiff's performance of his duties as an assistant professor in the Department of Library Science at Northern Illinois University. Lewis Stieg was chairman of the department. The plaintiff was first employed by Northern...

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