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· 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

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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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Judges: McGLOON

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