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GUIDRY v. DURKIN

No. 86-2200.

834 F.2d 1465 (1987)

Paul GUIDRY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John DURKIN, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 22, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick John James, Oakland, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Jeanne M. Franken, U.S. Dept. of Justice, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant-appellee.

Before NOONAN and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges, and TASHIMA, District Judge.

O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:

We set sail on a voyage over the waters of the ancient law of admiralty, swept along by our need to deal with one seaman's claim that he was defamed by another in a telex message signaled from a Navy ship on the high seas. Following removal of this state court action to federal district court, the trial judge entered summary judgment against seaman Guidry on the ground of seaman Durkin's absolute immunity as a federal official. After weathering...

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