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PRINS v. INTERNATIONAL TEL. AND TEL. CORP.

Civ. A. No. 89-1761(CRR).

757 F.Supp. 87 (1991)

Dougal W.S. PRINS, Plaintiff, v. INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORP., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

February 26, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jenelle C. Prins-Stairs and Brian C. Plitt, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff.

David J. Branson and Richard E. Wallace, Jr. of Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, Washington, D.C., for defendant Intern. Telephone and Telegraph Corp.

John B. McCrory, Robert C. Bernius and Elizabeth M. Ahern of Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle, Washington, D.C., for defendant Globe Newspaper Co.

OPINION

CHARLES R. RICHEY, District Judge.

This is a libel and slander case in which the plaintiff alleges that he was defamed by his former employer International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation ("ITT") and by the Boston Globe ("Globe"). Reduced to its simplest terms, this lawsuit revolves around the meaning and legal effect of the word "fired." However, as the veritable avalanche of papers already filed in this case attests, when viewed in context...

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