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POSTILL v. BOOTH NEWSPAPERS, INC.

Docket Nos. 55959, 55990, 55996.

118 Mich. App. 608 (1982)

325 N.W.2d 511

POSTILL v. BOOTH NEWSPAPERS, INC.

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided August 23, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neal Bush and Philip Green, for Frederick J. Postill and Frank Donley.

Butzel, Long, Gust, Klein & Van Zile (by Richard E. Rassel and James E. Stewart), and Burke, Rennell & Hood, for Booth Newspapers, Inc., and William B. Treml.

Garris, Garris & Garris, P.C., for Basil Baysinger.

Gregory, Van Lopik, Moore & Reakle, Brownson Murray, of counsel, for Carl Parsell and the Police Officers Association of Michigan.

Before: CYNAR, P.J., and D.C. RILEY and R.R. FERGUSON, JJ.

D.C. RILEY, J.

This litigation arises out of an altercation which occurred during the early morning hours of July 11, 1976, at the Chelsea Fairgrounds. Those involved could not have conceived of the lengthy libel action which would have its genesis in that brawl. The trial in this action consumes over 4,000 pages of transcript, all as a result of the melee involving Frederick J. Postill, Frank Donley, and Basil Baysinger. All three of these individuals were at a wedding...

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