OAO ALFA BANK v. CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY

No. CIV.A. 00-2208(JDB).

387 F.Supp.2d 20 (2005)

OAO ALFA BANK et al., Plaintiffs, v. CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

September 27, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Joseph, Jonathan S. Spaeth, Tobias Eli Zimmerman, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P., Washington, DC.

Peter John Loughlin, Hunton & Williams, Washington, DC.

Elizabeth C. Koch, Michael Dennis Sullivan, Chad R. Bowman, Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz, LLP, Washington, DC.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

BATES, District Judge.

Plaintiffs are two Russian businessmen and their companies who have sued the defendants, a public interest organization and its reporters, for defamation for publishing an article alleging that plaintiffs have connections to organized crime and have engaged in narcotics trafficking. Defendants have filed a motion for summary judgment in which they argue, among other things, that plaintiffs are limited public...

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