Legal Opinion
Sells v. Berry
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 20, 2001No. 01-1199PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
Television journalists George Sells and Heidi Thiel, both Kentucky citizens, brought this diversity suit against Jeffery Berry, the Imperial Wizard of the American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan and a citizen of Indiana, alleging that Mr. Berry and his Klan followers falsely imprisoned them in Mr. Berry’s home and assaulted them with a shotgun when they refused to relinquish videotapes of their interview with Mr. Berry. The district court granted a default judgment against Mr. Berry, and he appeals.
Although Mr. Berry was never handed the plaintiffs’ complaint in person, he did notify the…
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