Legal Opinion
Jon Couzens, Jr. v. William Donohue
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 18, 2017No. 15-3635PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
Jon David Couzens, Jr., filed suit against William Donohue, the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights (the Catholic League), KC Catholic League, Iñc. (KCCL), Joe McLiney, and James E. O’Laughlin (collectively, Defendants) in Missouri state court. Couzens’s petition set forth claims of defamation, invasion of privacy, and intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress, alleging that Defendants published false information to discredit and humiliate him in retaliation for Couzens’s public allegations that he was sexually abused by priests. Defendants…
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