MATCHETT v. CHICAGO BAR ASS'N

No. 82-1021.

125 Ill. App.3d 1004 (1984)

467 N.E.2d 271

HUGH M. MATCHETT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CHICAGO BAR ASSOCIATION et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

Rehearing denied August 9, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh M. Matchett, of Chicago, pro se.

A. Daniel Feldman, Steven R. Gilford, and Rebecca J. Lauer, all of Isham, Lincoln & Beale, of Chicago, for appellee Field Enterprises, Inc.

John F. McCarthy and Philip A. Creed, both of Chicago (McCarthy and Levin, of counsel), for appellee Chicago Bar Association.

Reuben & Proctor, of Chicago (Samuel Fifer, Charles J. Sennet, and Lawrence Gunnels, of counsel), for appellate Chicago Tribune Co.


Judgment affirmed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE LINN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Hugh M. Matchett, a Chicago attorney, brought this libel action in the circuit court of Cook County seeking a declaratory judgment, injunctive relief, and damages against defendants, the Chicago Bar Association (CBA), the Chicago Tribune Company, and Field Enterprises, Inc., publisher of the Chicago Sun-Times. The motions to dismiss filed by all three defendants were granted...

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