J. Maki Construction Co. v. Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters

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• having found that the complained-of material was substantially true, the court need not consider the defendants’ innocent construction arguments
• having found that the statement was substantially true, the court need not address whether it is also capable of innocent construction
• statement that plaintiff had been convicted of defrauding a union was not defamatory where the plaintiff had been so convicted in internal union proceedings
• the statement at issue need not be completely accurate; the defense applies if “the gist or sting of the statement is true”
• statement that plaintiff had been convicted of defrauding a union was not defamatory where the plaintiff had been so convicted in internal union proceedings
• where nonunion construction company and its owner brought a defamation action against the carpenters' union and three of its organizers, the Second District found that the allegedly defamatory statements failed to include an actionable factual assertion

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