United States Seventh Circuit

Summary judgment for defendant in a suit alleging defamation is affirmed where the plaintiff's sole evidence was his own inadmissible hearsay testimony that a colleague had informed him of defendant's defamatory statements.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/29/2006
• Decided 02/05/2007
• Published 02/06/2007

Judges

• BAUER, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, CUDAHY, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Carol S. Dittmar (argued), Chippewa Falls, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert J. Kasieta, Madison, WI, Anthony B. Haller (argued), Philadelphia, PA, for Defendants-Appellees.