BROWN UNIV. IN PROVIDENCE ETC. v. KIRSCH

No. 84-1027.

757 F.2d 124 (1985)

BROWN UNIVERSITY IN PROVIDENCE IN the STATE OF RHODE ISLAND and Providence Plantations, and Wilfred B. Talman, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Randal Alan KIRSCH, a/k/a R. Alaine Kirsch, a/k/a Randall Alaine Kirsch, a/k/a R. Alain Everts, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 7, 1985.

As Amended March 8, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Lasker, Buffett, Dew, Blaney, Olson & Lasker, Madison, Wis., for defendant-appellant.

John C. Carlson, Lawton & Cates, Madison, Wis., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before ESCHBACH and POSNER, Circuit Judges, and WISDOM, Senior Circuit Judge.


WISDOM, Senior Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents the question whether the district court erred in dismissing defendant Randal Alan Kirsch's counterclaim against Brown University for libel.1 Brown University published a "Notice to Bookmen" in several prominent bibliographic publications stating, in effect, that Kirsch had solicited or accepted materials in the name of Brown University without Brown's authorization, and that Kirsch had...

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