Legal Opinion
Ruffalo v. United States
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided June 29, 1984No. 80-0675-CV-W-6PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
SACHS, District Judge.
This much-discussed case 1 has now been tried to the court on the issue of damages. Plaintiff Donna Ruffalo’s former husband, Michael Ruffalo, is a witness for the Strike Force who was taken into the Witness Protection Program (WPP) in November, 1978. Included in the program at the request of the father was Michael Ruffalo, Jr. (Mike), then 9 and now 14 years of age. Before entering the program, Mike had been in Mrs. Ruffalo’s legal custody, but was simultaneously in the “possession” of his father, under a state court order based on a written…
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