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S.J. & W. RANCH, INC. v. LEHTINEN

No. 89-5990.

913 F.2d 1538 (1990)

S.J. & W. RANCH, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dexter LEHTINEN and United States of America, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 10, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. David Pobjecky, Winter Haven, Fla., Phillip E. Kuhn, Lakeland, Fla., for plaintiff-appellant.

Alan Dagen, Asst. U.S. Atty., Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Barbara Herwig, John F. Daly, Appellate Staff, Civil Div., Washington, D.C., for the U.S.

Anthony J. O'Donnell, Jr., Miami, Fla., for Lehtinen.

Before KRAVITCH and COX, Circuit Judges, and DYER, Senior Circuit Judge.

KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff, S.J. & W. Ranch ("Ranch") appeals the dismissal of its complaint for libel and slander against Dexter Lehtinen, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida. The dismissal was prompted by the substitution of the United States for Lehtinen as the defendant in the case pursuant to the Federal Employees Liability Reform and Tort Compensation Act ("the Reform Act"), 28 U.S.C. § 2679 (1988), after the Attorney...

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