CODY v. HARRIS

No. 04-2671.

409 F.3d 853 (2005)

Mark CODY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Taft HARRIS and Dontron, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 31, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene K. Hollander (argued), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jeffrey Piell (argued), Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before RIPPLE, MANION, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Someone played a dirty cyber-trick on WPWX-FM by posting offensive content on WPWX.com. Mark Cody, who had worked at the station for six months but was terminated right before the offensive posting, was accused of the misdeed by his former boss. Cody, who in fact had nothing to do with the prank, sued his former employer for defamation and interference with contractual relations. Of the nine counts in his complaint, the district court dismissed...

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