ROSEN v. AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS

No. 11-CV-368.

41 A.3d 1250 (2012)

Steven J. ROSEN, Appellant, v. AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, INC., et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 26, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David H. Shapiro , Washington, DC, for appellant.

Thomas L. McCally , with whom William J. Carter and Allie M. Wright , Washington, DC, were on the brief, for appellees.

Before WASHINGTON, Chief Judge, BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Associate Judge, and FERREN, Senior Judge.


FERREN, Senior Judge:

In this action for defamation, Steven J. Rosen appeals the trial court's grant of summary judgment for defendant-appellees: his former employer, American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), and Patrick Dorton, AIPAC's "spokesman."1 After AIPAC fired Rosen, a long-time employee, it made statements about him reported in the New York Times in 2005 and 2008. The first statement purported to justify his firing...

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