BUSHMAN v. SEILER

No. 84-1313.

755 F.2d 653 (1985)

Richard D. BUSHMAN, et al., Appellants, v. Joseph E. SEILER, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided February 25, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Lownsdale, St. Louis, Mo., for appellants.

Joseph Moore, Asst. U.S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., for appellee.

Before ARNOLD, Circuit Judge, HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.


JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

Richard D. and Robert L. Bushman appeal the judgment of the district court1 dismissing their libel claim against Joseph E. Seiler on the grounds that he was protected by sovereign immunity while acting as a consultant to a Medicare carrier. The Bushmans argue that the case should have been remanded to the state court, that Seiler was not entitled to sovereign immunity, and that they should have been given...

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