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LOTT v. LEVITT

No. 07-3095.

556 F.3d 564 (2009)

John R. LOTT, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Steven D. LEVITT, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 11, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul E. Freehling, Seyfarth Shaw, Chicago, IL, Jeffrey S. Parker (argued), George Mason University School of Law, Arlington, VA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Slade R. Metcalf (argued), Hogan & Hartson, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before RIPPLE, EVANS, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

EVANS, Circuit Judge.

John Lott, an academic and economist, believes that his reputation was sullied by Freakonomics,1 the popular and off-beat book written by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner. Lott's name was mentioned in one paragraph of the 200-page book, and he understood this passage to be an accusation of scholarly dishonesty. Offended, he filed suit against Levitt and HarperCollins, the publisher of the book, claiming that...

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