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Type
Opinion
Author
Amul Roger Thapar
Filed
July 29, 2019
Case
Anthony Novak v. City of Parma
Case status
Decided

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THAPAR, Circuit Judge. 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 ended there. Novak shared posts like an advertisem…

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