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DENMAN v. WHITE

No. 6066.

316 F.2d 524 (1963)

Nathaniel A. DENMAN, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Ernest J. WHITE, Jr., Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

April 24, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathaniel A. Denman, pro se.

Mark R. Joelson, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom John W. Douglas, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., W. Arthur Garrity, Jr., U. S. Atty., and Morton Hollander, Atty., Dept. of Justice, were on brief, for appellee.

Before HARTIGAN and ALDRICH, Circuit Judges, and GIGNOUX, District Judge.

GIGNOUX, District Judge.

This action was brought by appellant to recover damages for defamation from appellee, a colonel in the United States Air Force. The district court entered summary judgment in favor of appellee on the ground that the allegedly defamatory statements had been made in the discharge of appellee's official duties, and were therefore absolutely privileged under the rule of Barr v. Matteo, 360 U.S. 564, 79 S.Ct. 1335...

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