Legal Opinion
Castillo Butters v. National Academy of Sciences
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided December 3, 2024No. Civil Action No. 2022-3054Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LUIS JAIME CASTILLO BUTTERS, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 22-cv-3054 (TSC) NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiff—a former member of the National Academy of Sciences (“NAS”)—sued NAS and its President, alleging that they defamed him by implication in statements about their decision to revoke his membership. Having considered the operative Complaint and the briefing, the court will GRANT Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss. I. BACKGROUND The court has already discussed some of the background in this…
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