Legal Opinion
Chicago Board of Education v. Substance, Inc. And George N. Schmidt
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 31, 2003No. 03-1479PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
In 1999 the Chicago Board of Education brought this suit for copyright infringement against a Chicago public school teacher named Schmidt and a corporation that owns a local newspaper called Substance, aimed at such teachers, which Schmidt edits. (To simplify the opinion, we’ll ignore the corporation.) In August 2002 the magistrate judge issued an injunction mysteriously captioned “Permanent Restraining Order,” from which no appeal was taken. He issued a “Final Judgment Order” in January of the following year, awarding the school board $500 in damages but not referring…
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