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CHAPSKI v. COPLEY PRESS

No. 55884.

92 Ill.2d 344 (1982)

442 N.E.2d 195

ROBERT A. CHAPSKI, Appellant, v. THE COPLEY PRESS et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed October 22, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geister, Schnell, Richards & Brown, Chartered, and Robert A. Chapski, Ltd., both of Elgin (Van R. Richards, Jr., and Robert A. Chapski, pro se, of counsel), for appellant.

Lambert M. Ochsenschlager, Wayne F. Weiler, and Craig S. Mielke, of Reid, Ochsenschlager, Murphy & Hupp, of Aurora, for appellees.

Judgments reversed; cause remanded.

JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Robert A. Chapski, an attorney, filed this libel action in the circuit court of Kane County seeking damages against defendants, the Copley Press, the Daily Courier News, Michael Bailey, a reporter, D. Ray Wilson, editor and publisher, and LeRoy Clemens, executive editor. The circuit court granted defendants' motion to dismiss on the basis of the "innocent construction...

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