NOVAK v. CITY OF PARMA

No. 18-3373.

932 F.3d 421 (2019)

Anthony NOVAK, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF PARMA; Kevin Riley, Individually and in his Official Capacity as an Employee of the City of Parma, Ohio; Thomas Connor, Individually and as an Employee of the City of Parma, Ohio, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: July 29, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Steven D. Strang , GALLAGHER SHARP LLP, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellants. Subodh Chandra , THE CHANDRA LAW FIRM LLC, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Steven D. Strang , Monica A. Sansalone , GALLAGHER SHARP LLP, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellants. Subodh Chandra , Patrick S. Kabat , THE CHANDRA LAW FIRM LLC, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellee.

Before: MERRITT, THAPAR, and READLER, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Apple pie, baseball, and the right to ridicule the government. Each holds an important place in American history and tradition. So thought Anthony Novak when he created a Facebook page to mock the Parma Police Department. He styled his page to look like the department's official Facebook page. But the similarities...

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