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CORCORAN v. SULLIVAN

No. 95-3352.

112 F.3d 836 (1997)

Brian P. CORCORAN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Michael SULLIVAN, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 28, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian P. Corcoran (submitted on briefs), Milwaukee, WI, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Sally L. Wellman, Office of the Attorney General, Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Respondent-Appellee Michael Sullivan.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and KANNE and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Chief Judge.

This unusual appeal asks us to reverse the denial of relief sought by a state prisoner who claims that his crime was privileged by federal copyright law. Brian Corcoran was hired by a consulting firm to write computer programs that would enable the processing of data owned by the firm. His work was full of errors, and he became concerned that he wouldn't be paid. So, in anticipatory revenge, he installed in one of the programs a software time...

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