Legal Opinion
Novoselsky v. Brown
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 10, 2016No. 15-1609PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
The parties in this action have a long and litigious relationship. Over the past decade, plaintiff David Novoselsky has filed many lawsuits alleging improprieties by defendant Dorothy Brown in her capacity as Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. Brown later made statements to the public and to private parties accusing Novoselsky of being an unscrupulous attorney. Those statements form the basis of this case.
Novoselsky brought this suit against Brown under state law for defamation and under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for First Amendment retaliation, and he seeks…
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