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COSTELLO v. CAPITAL CITIES COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

No. 65083.

125 Ill.2d 402 (1988)

532 N.E.2d 790

JERRY COSTELLO, Appellee, v. CAPITAL CITIES COMMUNICATIONS, INC., et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed December 15, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Brown, of Brown, Hay & Stephens, of Springfield, and Robert B. Hoemeke, John M. Hessel and Joseph E. Martineau, of Lewis & Rice, of St. Louis, Missouri (Donald Martin, of New York, New York, of counsel), for appellant Capital Cities Communications, Inc.

Richard O. Erdmann, of Fairview Heights, for appellant Richard Hargraves.

Amiel Cueto, of Cueto, Daley, Williams, Moore & Cueto, Ltd., of Belleville, for appellee.

Jon A. Duncan, of Mass, Miller & Josephson, Ltd., of Chicago, for amicus curiae Chicago Headline Club.

Judgments reversed.

JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

Jerry Costello, elected chairman of the St. Clair County board, filed an action for libel in the circuit court of St. Clair County against Capital Cities Media, Inc. (Capital Cities), the owner of the Belleville News Democrat (News Democrat), a newspaper of general circulation in St. Clair County, and Richard Hargraves, the editor of the News Democrat's editorial page. The complaint alleged...

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