Huff v. Nickolas [1] SummaryThreat Type: LawsuitDate: 03/08/2007Status: ConcludedDisposition: Material RemovedSettled (total)Location: Kentucky Verdict or Settlement Amount: N/ALegal Claims: Defamation Anthony and Sheri Huff, a Kentucky businessman and his wife, sued Mark Nickolas, a political blogger, for defamation after he implied in a blog post that they bought dismissal of an alleged felony indictment by contributing to the Kentucky Republican Party and... read full description PartiesParty Issuing Legal Threat: Anthony Huff; Sheri HuffParty Receiving Legal Threat: Mark NickolasType of Party: IndividualType of Party: IndividualLocation of Party: KentuckyLocation of Party: KentuckyLegal Counsel: UnknownLegal Counsel: Pro se Description Anthony and Sheri Huff, a Kentucky businessman and his wife, sued Mark Nickolas, a political blogger, for defamation after he implied in a blog post that they bought dismissal of an alleged felony indictment by contributing to the Kentucky Republican Party and Republican candidates. No details on the lawsuit are available, but it appears that Nickolas removed the allegedly defamatory post, and that the suit is no longer pending. Related Links: RuralDemocrat blog: Mark Nickolas Sued [2] MLRC's Legal Actions and Developments Involving Blogs [3] DetailsWeb Site(s) Involved: BluegrassReport.org [4] Content Type: TextPublication Medium: BlogSubject Area: Elections and PoliticsDefamation Court Information & DocumentsJurisdiction: KentuckySource of Law: KentuckyCourt Name: Kentucky Circuit Court, Jefferson CountyCourt Type: State CMLP Information (Private)CMLP Notes: TO DO: further research required; get court documents confirmed not pending (at least not listed in KY court's database of pending cases), but unable to locate any confirmation of that blog post's facts other than that these statements were made on the blog and subsequently removed; although blog post and MLRC refer to an article from the Louisville Courier-Journal, no article is available on their website or in their archives.
