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TIGUE v. SWAIM

No. 77-1349.

585 F.2d 909 (1978)

Dennis TIGUE, Appellant, v. T. J. SWAIM, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 20, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. David Lewis, Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

Fletcher Jackson, Asst. U. S. Atty., Little Rock, Ark., argued, and W. H. Dillahunty, U. S. Atty., on brief, for appellee.

Before GIBSON, Chief Judge, HEANEY, Circuit Judge, and HUNTER, District Judge.

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Dennis Tigue brought a diversity action against T. J. Swaim for libel and false imprisonment. Tigue was a captain in the Air Force, stationed at the Little Rock Air Force Base, when the events giving rise to this action occurred. Swaim was a colonel in the Air Force and Base Hospital Commander. The libel count was based on memoranda that Swaim sent to Dr. Frank Westerfield, a civilian psychiatrist, and to the Keesler Air Force Base Mental Ward...

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