MAAG v. ILLINOIS COALITION FOR JOBS

No. 5-06-0048.

858 N.E.2d 967 (2006)

306 Ill.Dec. 909

Gordon MAAG, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ILLINOIS COALITION FOR JOBS, GROWTH AND PROSPERITY, an Unincorporated Association; The Illinois State Chamber of Commerce, a Not-for-Profit Corporation; Ronald Gidwitz; and Gregory Baise, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied December 12, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rex Carr, The Rex Carr Law Firm, LLC, East St. Louis, IL, for Appellant.

Richard J. O'Brien, Eric S. Mattson, Tracy A. Braun, Jordan S. Ginsberg, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL; Justin A. Reichert, Bruce Stratton, Stratton, Giganti, Stone & Kopec, Springfield, IL; Tyrone C. Fahner, John M. Touhy, J. Gregory Deis, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, LLP, Chicago, IL, for Appellees.


Justice KNECHT delivered the opinion of the court:

In the fall of 2004 plaintiff, Gordon Maag, was a member of the Illinois Appellate Court running for retention in the Fifth Judicial District. He was also a candidate in a contested race for the Illinois Supreme Court. The dispute in this case arose from a flyer prepared by the Illinois Coalition for Jobs, Growth and Prosperity (Coalition) mailed and hand delivered throughout the Fifth District headlined "In Southern...

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