Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied April 22, 1988.
HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:
In this defamation lawsuit removed to federal court, we apply the Supreme Court's recent decision in Westfall v. Erwin, ___ U.S. ___, 108 S.Ct. 580, 98 L.Ed.2d 619 (1988) to reverse the district court's denial of a federal official's motion for summary judgment based on immunity from common law tort liability.
The Department of Agriculture (Department) employs the...
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