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REED v. NORTHWESTERN PUBLISHING CO.

No. 4-83-0714.

129 Ill. App.3d 133 (1984)

471 N.E.2d 1071

MICHAEL REED, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NORTHWESTERN PUBLISHING CO., d/b/a The Commercial News et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed November 30, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Opsahl, of Rantoul, for appellant.

Thomas B. Meyer, of Acton, Acton, Meyer & Smith, of Danville, for appellees.

Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Michael Reed, brought this action for libel against the Northwestern Publishing Company, publisher of The Commercial News, a newspaper in Danville, and against two of its reporters, Bob Wilson and Carl Young. Wilson and Young are the authors of allegedly defamatory articles concerning the plaintiff which appeared in The...

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