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MOSRIE v. TRUSSELL

No. 82-1478.

467 A.2d 475 (1983)

Arif H. MOSRIE, Appellant, v. William C. TRUSSELL, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 5, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Axel Kleiboemer, Washington, D.C., was on the brief for appellant.

No appearance was entered for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, and KERN, Associate Judge, and REILLY, Chief Judge, Retired.

KERN, Associate Judge:

This is an appeal from a libel and slander action tried to a jury for four days. At the close of plaintiff Arif H. Mosrie's case, the judge directed a verdict for defendant William C. Trussell. The plaintiff appeals. We affirm.

The facts are that in the Spring of 1979 Trussell, as a Deputy Chief of Police, was the commanding officer of the Criminal Investigation Division of the Metropolitan Police Department. Mosrie, a captain, commanded...

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