MONTGOMERY v. RISEN

No. 16-7096.

875 F.3d 709 (2017)

Dennis L. MONTGOMERY, Appellant v. James RISEN, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 17, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry Klayman was on the briefs for appellant.

Laura R. Handman and Lisa B. Zycherman were on the brief for appellees.

Bruce D. Brown and Gregg P. Leslie were on the brief for amici curiae The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 35 Media Organizations in support of defendants-appellees.

Before: Griffith and Pillard, Circuit Judges, and Edwards, Senior Circuit Judge.


Software developer Dennis Montgomery appeals from summary judgment in his defamation action. Montgomery claimed that author James Risen, together with publishers Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Company (collectively, Defendants or Risen), made false and damaging statements about...

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