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LITIF v. U.S.

Nos. 10-1417, 10-1472, 11-2255.

670 F.3d 39 (2012)

Anna M. LITIF, individually, and in her capacity as Administratrix of the Estate of Louis R. Litif; Luanne Litif; Lee Litif, Plaintiffs, Appellees/Cross-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant, Appellant/Cross-Appellee Federal Bureau of Investigation; John J. Connolly; John M. Morris; Lawrence Sarhatt; John Does 1-50, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 20, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Bondy , Appellate Staff, Civil Division, Department of Justice, with whom Tony West , Assistant Attorney General, and Jonathan H. Levy , Appellate Staff, Civil Division, Department of Justice, were on brief for defendant, appellant/cross-appellee.

Edward Berkin for plaintiffs, appellees/cross-appellants.

Before BOUDIN, HOWARD and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.

BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

The United States seeks review of a judgment awarding $1.15 million to the family and the estate of Louis Litif ("the Litif estate"), resulting from Litif's murder by James "Whitey" Bulger in 1980. Litif v. United States, 682 F.Supp.2d 60 (D.Mass.2010). The Litif estate cross-appeals, seeking an increase in the damage award. This case, like its companion case decided by us today ("Davis-Hussey...

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