Legal Opinion
Storms v. Action Wisconsin Inc.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided June 5, 2008No. 2006AP396PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAnn Walsh Bradley, J.
¶ 1. The petitioners, Action Wisconsin, Inc., and Christopher Ott, seek review of an unpublished court of appeals decision reversing a circuit court judgment that required attorney James R. Donohoo to pay costs and attorney fees for filing and maintaining a defamation lawsuit that was frivolous.1 The defamation lawsuit was commenced in response to a press release issued by Action Wisconsin.
¶ 2. Two statements in the press release formed the basis of the defamation lawsuit. One statement indicated that at an "International Conference on Homo-Fascism" a "speaker made sounds like gunfire as if…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Buckley v. ValeoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- Anderson v. HebertCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 2011
- Ivancevic v. ReaganCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 2013
- Keller v. PattersonCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 2012
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