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SULLIVAN v. CONWAY

Nos. 97-1978, 97-3504.

157 F.3d 1092 (1998)

James R. SULLIVAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James P. CONWAY and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 30, 1998.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied November 16, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Bryan Sullivan (argued), Downers Grove, IL, James R. Sullivan, Oak Brook, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant in No. 97-1978.

James R. Sullivan (argued), Oak Brook, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant in No. 97-3504.

Solomon I. Hirsh (argued), Chicago, IL, Robert D. Kurnick, Sherman, Dunn, Cohen, Leifer & Yellig, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and BAUER and COFFEY, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied November 16, 1998.

POSNER, Chief Judge.

This case began in an Illinois state court as a suit for defamation and other torts brought by attorney James Sullivan against James Conway, an official of the electrical workers' union, and against the union itself. The alleged defamation was that Conway had said that Sullivan was "a very poor lawyer." The suit was removed to federal district court after the complaint...

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