Legal Opinion
Huon v. Breaking Media, LLC
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided December 4, 2014No. 11 C 03054PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
JOHN J. THARP, Jr., United States District Judge
The plaintiff, Meanith Huon (“Huon”), brings state law claims for defamation and related torts against two groups of defendants: the Above the Law (“ATL”) defendants and the Gawker defendants.1 Huon initially sued the ATL defendants for publishing an allegedly defamatory article on AboveTheLaw.com that discussed his criminal trial for sexual assault charges. He subsequently amended his complaint to include claims against the Gawker defendants for publishing an allegedly defamatory article on Jezebel.com about the…
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