Legal Opinion
Lott v. Levitt
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 11, 2009No. 07-3095PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EVANS, Circuit Judge.
John Lott, an academic and economist, believes that his reputation was sullied by Freakonomics, 1 the popular and off-beat book written by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner. Lott’s name was mentioned in one paragraph of the 200-page book, and he understood this passage to be an accusation of scholarly dishonesty. Offended, he filed suit against Levitt and HarperCol-lins, the publisher of the book, claiming that he had been defamed. The district court dismissed this claim after concluding that the passage could reasonably be read as a refutation of Lott’s controversial…
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