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AVIRGAN v. HULL

Nos. 88-5720, 89-5143, 89-5232 and 89-5515.

932 F.2d 1572 (1991)

Tony AVIRGAN and Martha Honey, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. John HULL, Adolfo Calero, Robert Owen, John K. Singlaub, Ronald Joseph Martin, Sr., James McCoy, Rafael "Chi Chi" Quintero, Mario Delamico, Thomas Clines, Theodore Shackley, Albert Hakim and Richard Secord, Defendants-Appellees, Bruce Jones, et al., Defendants. Tony AVIRGAN and Martha Honey, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. John HULL, Moises (Dagaberto) Nunez, Jorge Gonzalez, Adolfo Calero, Robert W. Owen, Thomas Posey, John K. Singlaub, Ronald Joseph Martin, James McCoy, Rafael "Chi Chi" Quintero, Mario Delamico, Thomas Clines, Theodore Shackley, Albert Hakim and Richard Secord, Defendants-Appellees, Rene Corbo, et al., Defendants. Tony AVIRGAN and Martha Honey, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Daniel P. SHEEHAN and The Christic Institute, Non-Party-Appellants, v. John HULL, Moises (Dagaberto) Nunez, Jorge Gonzalez, Adolfo Calero, Robert W. Owen, John Singlaub, James McCoy, Ronald Joseph Martin, Sr., Rafael "Chi Chi" Quintero, Mario Delamico, Thomas Clines, Theodore Shackley, Richard Secord, and Albert Hakim, Defendants-Appellees, Rene Corbo, et al., Defendants. Tony AVIRGAN and Martha Honey, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Daniel P. SHEEHAN and the Christic Institute, Non-Party-Appellants, v. John HULL, Moises (Dagaberto) Nunez, Jorge Gonzalez, Adolfo Calero, Robert W. Owen, Thomas Posey, John Singlaub, James McCoy, Ronald Joseph Martin, Sr., Rafael "Chi Chi" Quintero, Mario Delamico, Thomas Clines, Theodore Shackley, Richard Secord, and Albert Hakim, Defendants-Appellees, Rene Corbo, et al., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 18, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene R. Scheiman, argued, New York City, Lanny A. Sinkin, Joann Royce, Lewis Pitts, The Christic Institute, Washington, D.C., for Avirgan, Honey, and The Christic Institute.

Morton Stavis, Center for Constitutional Rights, New York City, for Daniel Sheehan.

Daniel Sheehan, pro se.

Thomas Hylden, argued, Leonard C. Greenebaum, Baker & Hostetler, Washington, D.C., for Robert W. Owen.

Jack McKay, argued, Jane M. Sullivan, Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge, Washington, D.C., for Theodore Shackley.

Before HATCHETT and BIRCH, Circuit Judges, and RONEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

Two journalists, their lawyers, persons and entities associated with the journalists and lawyers, in this consolidated appeal involving the Nicaraguan Contra affair, seek reversal of the district court's orders granting summary judgment against them and imposing sanctions in excess of one million dollars. We affirm the district court.

FACTS

On May 30, 1984, Tony Avirgan and his wife, Martha Honey, appellants, who are American...

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