· 11/23/1981
Rasky v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.
Citations
- 431 N.E.2d 1055
- 103 Ill. App. 3d 577
- 59 Ill. Dec. 298
- 7 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 2305
- 1981 Ill. App. LEXIS 3850
How courts have described this case
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- determining use of term “slumlord” in a news telecast was capable of an innocent construction
- determining use of term “slumlord” in a news telecast was capable of an innocent construction
- relying on dictionary definitions to construe “slum lord” “to mean that plaintiff owned buildings in a poor and dirty neighborhood or, simply stated, that plaintiff was a landlord in a slum”
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