Legal Opinion
Robert E. Muzikowski v. Paramount Pictures Corporation, Sfx Tollin Robbins Incorporated, and Fireworks Pictures
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 24, 2003No. 01-4314PublishedCited by 122 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
Robert Muzikowski has devoted years of his life to coaching Little League Baseball teams in economically depressed areas of Chicago — an activity for which he deserves great credit. His commitment eventually attracted national attention, which led to a book about the 1992 season of the league Muzikowski co-founded, and later to a movie produced by defendant Paramount Pictures entitled Hardball, which was based on the book. Muzikowski regarded the movie as defamatory, on the theory that one particular character easily identifiable as himself (played by Keanu…
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