GENEVA, Ill. - In a rare appearance on the witness stand Tuesday,current and former Illinois Supreme Court justices testified in acolleague's $7.7 million dollar libel case against a suburban Chicagonewspaper.
Chief Justice Robert Thomas, a former kicker for the ChicagoBears, alleges that the Geneva-based Kane County Chronicle libeledhim and damaged his reputation in a series of articles three yearsago.
Former Chronicle columnist Bill Page wrote in 2003 that Thomas hadsoftened his position in a disciplinary hearing for former KaneCounty State's Attorney Meg Gorecki after her supporters backed ajudicial candidate he favored.
Illinois Supreme Court Justice Rita …
Ill. justices testify in lawsuit against paperGENEVA, Ill. - In a rare appearance on the witness stand Tuesday,current and former Illinois Supreme Court justices testified in acolleague's $7.7 million dollar libel case against a suburban Chicagonewspaper.
Chief Justice Robert Thomas, a former kicker for the ChicagoBears, alleges that the Geneva-based Kane County Chronicle libeledhim and damaged his reputation in a series of articles three yearsago.
Former Chronicle columnist Bill Page wrote in 2003 that Thomas hadsoftened his position in a disciplinary hearing for former KaneCounty State's Attorney Meg Gorecki after her supporters backed ajudicial candidate he favored.
Illinois Supreme Court Justice Rita …
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