We were so busy watching the Minnesota Legislaturethat we missed a MOJ in the D.C. Court of Appeal in the case of Bradlee Dean, et al. v. NBC Universal, et al.
This is the famous case that Annandale's toxic metal rocker evangelist and religion radio talked Bradlee Dean brought against Rachel Maddow and NBC Universal and others, including local journalist Andy Birkey, then of the now-defunct Minnesota Independent. Birkey and the Independent were relatively quickly removed from the law action.
In July 2011, Dean sued Maddow and others for defamation after they published parts of his radio broadcasts. When Dean attempted to move the case to another court to avoid anti-SLAPP rules, an judge ordered him to pay Maddow's legal fees, which Dean refused to do.
Dean has continued to raise money for the legal action, now in appeals court, often using hyperbole to gin up the alleged damages Maddow did to his reputation, as Bluestem noted last summer in Bradlee Dean claims what Maddow did much worse than Trayvon Martin/Zimmerman case.
The case has been lingering on, as Wonkette reported in the July 2013 post, Oh, By The Way, Bradlee Dean Still Suing Rachel Maddow For Quoting Him Verbatim.
A search in the DC Court of Appeals MOJ finder shows that on April 25, 2014, the D.C. Court of Appeals affirmed the judge's order. As the screenshot above notes, MOJ themselves aren't available online.
Dean gained statewide attention in Minnesota when, as a guest chaplain in the state House of Representatives, Dean questioned President Obama's faith. The prayer was redacted from the House record.
Screenshot: From the DC Courts case locator.
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