Steve Kelley U-T Lawsuit Tossed

Newspaper industry bible Editor & Publisher notes that the lawsuit filed by Steve Kelley against his former employer the San Diego Union-Tribune was tossed from court after a ruling by San Diego Superior Court Judge Jay M. Bloom that no evidence had been produced. Kelley alleged that officials at the Union-Tribune had coerced cartoonist Steve Breen into no longer working with Kelley on a newspaper comic strip called Dustin. The judge asserted that any statements by U-T people potentially disparaging Kelley would fall under the realm of opinion rather than coercion.

Kelley left the Union-Tribune in 2001 and ended up at the Times-Picayune in New Orleans, although as I recall he worked out of San Diego back then, which is why a potential partnership with Breen makes sense. The article suggests the reason for his departure is a cartoon over low-rising jeans, which makes me really wish I had CR back then.
 
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