Trifax Corp. v. District of Columbia

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge TATEL.

TATEL, Circuit Judge:

In this case, a government contractor claims that the District of Columbia Inspector General, by releasing an allegedly defamatory audit report, deprived it of liberty to engage in its chosen business in violation of the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause. Because the contractor, though perhaps injured in some respects, cannot demonstrate broad preclusion from government contracting, as the law of this circuit requires, we affirm the district court’s grant of summary judgment for the District of Columbia.

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