Tony AVIRGAN, and Martha Honey, Plaintiffs,
v.
John HULL, Bruce Jones, Rene Corbo, Felipe Vidal Santiago, Moises Dagoberto Nunez, Francisco Chanes, Ramon Cecilio Palacio, Ricardo Gris, William Gris, Roger Lee Pallais, Amac Galil, Hector Cornillot, Jorge Gonzalez, Adolfo Calero, Alvaro Cruz, Frederico Saenz, Robert W. Owen, John K. Singlaub, Ronald Joseph Martin, Sr., James McCoy, Thomas Posey, Rafael "Chi Chi" Quintero, Mario Delamico, Thomas Clines, Theodore Shackley, Albert Hakim, Richard Secord, Pablo Escobar, and Jorge Ochoa, Defendants.
United States District Court, S.D. Florida, Miami Division.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
June 23, 1988.
June 23, 1988.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
The Christic Institute, Thomas Kellenberg, Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, Washington, D.C., David A. Snyder, Miami, Fla., for plaintiffs.
Milledge, Iden & Snyder by Allan Milledge, Florence Beth Snyder, Miami, Fla., for Rafael "Chichi" Quintero, Thomas Clines, Richard Secord, Albert Hakim.
Fowler, White, Burnett, Hurley, Banick & Strickroot, P.A. by Curtis Carlson, Miami, Fla., for Thomas Posey.
Spencer, Bernstein, Seemann & Klein, Miami, Fla., William Henry Stiles, V, Key Biscayne, Fla., Law Offices of John P. Sears, Philip J. Hare, Washington, D.C., for John Singlaub.
Jack McKay, P.C., Washington, D.C., Alley, Maass, Rogers, Lindsay & Chauncey by George P. Ord, Palm Beach, Fla., for Theodore Shackley.
Fine, Jacobson, Schwartz, Nash, Block & England, P.A. by Theodore Klein, Miami, Fla., for James McCoy, Mario Delamico.
Robert F. Garcia-Esquerro, Coral Gables, Fla., for Rene Corbo.
Zuckerman, Spaeder, Taylor & Evans by John F. Evans, Coral Gables, Fla., for Andy Messing.
Luis S. Konski, Walton Lantaff Schroeder & Carson, Miami, Fla., for Moises (Dagoberto) Nunez.
United States District Court, S.D. Florida, Miami Division.
OPINION GRANTING SUMMARY JUDGMENTS
JAMES LAWRENCE KING, Chief Judge.
The thundering explosion of a bomb shattered the evening air at the river bank camp of the Southern Contra Force led by Commendante Eden Pastora. A group of approximately 30 journalists had travelled for hours by canoe, up a steaming jungle river to reach the guerilla camp known as La Penca.
Plaintiffs, one of whom is a journalist who...
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