Johnston v. Fuller

This invasion-of-privacy case arises from an investigation of complaints made about a game warden employed by the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (the "Department"), concerning that game warden's alleged threat to kill Roy Johnston. The plaintiff, Johnston, alleges that the defendants — certain employees of Department and a probate judge — turned the game warden investigation, which consisted primarily of interviews of people who knew of the animosity between Johnston and the game warden, into an investigation of Johnston alone, and that this invaded Johnston's…