Coursey v. Greater Niles Township Publishing Corp.

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• concluding that a former patrolman of Skokie, Iflinois, qualified as a public official
• noting that “the public has a far greater interest in the qualifications and conduct of law enforcement officers, even at, and perhaps especially at, an ‘on the street’ level”
• strict application of privilege when failure to report dismissal of one charge against policeman directly affected defamatory statement

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).