Karen G. SILKWOOD, by the Administrator of her estate, Bill M. Silkwood; and Beverly K. Meadows; Michael E. Meadows; and Dawn E. Meadows, the infant heirs of Karen G. Silkwood by their Guardian William E. Meadows, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
The KERR-McGEE CORPORATION; Dean A. McGee; James Reading; Fred Welch; W. C. Gentry; Lawrence Olson; Theodore Rosack; Jacque Srouji; One Named But Unidentified Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; James J. Kelly; Peter Colefax; Earl M. Jorgensen; Edwin L. Kennedy; Breene M. Kerr; Robert S. Kerr, Jr.; F. C. Love; George B. Parks; J. B. Saunders; A. P. F. Seale; James E. Webb; R. T. Zitting; Parker S. Dunn; Wayne Norwood; Ronald Adkisson; Roy E. King; G. T. Sinke; J. Marler and G. France, Defendants-Appellees.
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Argued March 11, 1980.
Decided December 3, 1980.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Daniel R. Sheehan, Oklahoma City, Okl. (Robert Hager, Oklahoma City, Okl., and Eugene R. Scheiman, of Kurland & Scheiman, New York City, of counsel, with him on briefs), for plaintiffs-appellants.
William G. Paul, of Crowe, Dunlevy, Thweatt, Swinford, Johnson & Burdick, Oklahoma City, Okl., and C. Lee Cook, Jr., of Chadwell, Kayser, Ruggles, McGee & Hastings, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees Dean A. McGee, James J. Kelly, Peter Colefax, Earl M. Jorgensen, Edwin L. Kennedy, Breene M. Kerr, Robert S. Kerr, Jr., F. C. Love, George B. Parks, A. T. F. Seale, James E. Webb, R. T. Zitting, Parker S. Dunn, Ronald Adkisson, Roy E. King, G. J. Sinke, James Marler, G. France, III, James Reading, Fred Welch and W. C. Gentry.
Glenn V. Whitaker., Atty., Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. (Barbara Allen Babcock, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., and Larry D. Patton, U. S. Atty., Oklahoma City, Okl., with him, on brief), for defendants-appellees Lawrence Olson and Theodore Rosack.
Alletta d'A. Belin and Timothy B. Flynn, Center for Law in the Public Interest, Los Angeles, Cal., filed an amicus curiae brief for the Committee for Public Justice.
Before McWILLIAMS, DOYLE and LOGAN, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.
LOGAN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by the estate and heirs of Karen G. Silkwood from a judgment dismissing for failure to state a cause of action two claims asserted against officials and agents of Kerr-McGee Corporation1 and agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),2 based upon the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. § 1985(3). They also appeal a summary judgment order against them dismissing...
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