James R. Sullivan v. James P. Conway and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1998-11-16

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POSNER, Chief Judge. This case began in an Illinois state court as a suit for defamation and other torts brought by attorney James Sullivan against James Conway, an official of the electrical workers’ union, and against the union itself. The alleged defamation was that Conway had said that Sullivan was “a very poor lawyer.” The suit was removed to federal district court after…

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