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COOK v. WINFREY

No. 97-3403.

141 F.3d 322 (1998)

Randolph L. COOK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Oprah WINFREY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 8, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony Campanale (argued), Lee S. Perres, Marcus, Perres, Campanale & Weiner, Chicago, IL, Michael Sorokas, Sorokas & Karamanis, Chicago, IL, James A. Karamanis, Marcus, Perres, Campanale & Karamanis, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Steven F. Molo (argued), Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before CUMMINGS, CUDAHY and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

Randolph Cook had a story to tell, and he thought the segment of the press commonly known as supermarket tabloids might be interested in paying him for the rights to that story. For all this Court knows, he may have been right. The story involved a national celebrity, Oprah Winfrey, whose name is far from unfamiliar among readers of the tabloids. What is more, the story was about Winfrey's alleged use of cocaine while involved in a romantic...

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