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HEINE v. RAUS

Civ. No. 15952.

261 F.Supp. 570 (1966)

Eerik HEINE v. Juri RAUS.

United States District Court D. Maryland.

December 8, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest C. Raskauskas and Robert J. Stanford, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

Paul R. Connolly, E. Barrett Prettyman, Jr., and Hogan & Hartson, Washington, D. C., for defendant.

Lawrence R. Houston, Gen. Counsel, C.I.A., Washington, D. C., and Thomas J. Kenney, U. S. Atty., Baltimore, Md., for the United States.

THOMSEN, Chief Judge.

This is an action for slander in which defendant's motion for summary judgment asserts the defense of absolute privilege on the ground that when he made certain defamatory statements he was acting within the scope and course of his employment by the Central Intelligence Agency on behalf of the United States, and had been instructed by the CIA to warn members of Estonian emigré groups that plaintiff...

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