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Argued April 4, 1989.
Decided December 28, 1989.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
William E. Bufalino, II; Bendure & Thomas, P.C. (by Mark R. Bendure,) of counsel, for the plaintiffs.
Harvey, Kruse, Westen & Milan, P.C. (by Thomas F. Kauza and Marisa C. Petrella), for defendants Ludington News Co., et al.
Kasiborski, Ronayne & Flaska, P.C. (John J. Ronayne, III and Kim R. Kolb), for defendants Detroit Magazine, Inc., et al.
Amici Curiae:
Butzel, Long, Gust, Klein & Van Zile, P.C. (by Richard E. Rassel, James E. Stewart, and Leonard M. Niehoff), for The Detroit News, Inc.
Honigman, Miller, Schwartz & Cohn, P.C. (by Herschel P. Fink), for Detroit Free Press, Inc.
Keywell & Rosenfeld (by Dawn L. Phillips) for Michigan Press Association.
Supreme Court of Michigan.
BOYLE, J.
This libel action arose out of the publication of an article in the September, 1981, issue of Monthly Detroit magazine entitled "Jack Tocco: Mob Boss or Model Citizen?" The allegedly libelous statement that is the subject of this dispute is found in a portion of the article devoted to explaining how organized crime in Detroit has been strengthened and perpetuated by intermarriage among the city's crime "families...
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