AVERSA v. U.S.

No. 95-2216.

99 F.3d 1200 (1996)

Daniel AVERSA, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 21, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis G. Murphy, with whom Kathryn B. Johnston and Hall, Hess, Kenison, Stewart, Murphy & Keefe, P.A., Manchester, NH, were on brief, for appellants.

Richard A. Olderman, Attorney, with whom Barbara L. Herwig, Attorney, Civil Division, Department of Justice, Paul M. Gagnon, United States Attorney, and Frank W. Hunger, Assistant Attorney General, were on brief, for appellees.

Before LYNCH, Circuit Judge, and CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judges.


BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.

Daniel and Carla Aversa filed a civil action alleging that Patrick Walsh, an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of New Hampshire, and Kenneth Claunch, Chief of the Criminal Investigation Division of the Internal Revenue Service, falsely stated and implied to the local and national news media that Daniel Aversa was involved in laundering illegally-gotten money, tax evasion, drug trafficking and racketeering activity, and...

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