Legal Opinion
Anibal L. Taboas v. Bernard J. Mlynczak
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 6, 1998No. 97-3592, 97-3601 and 97-3615PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Pursuant to provisions of the Westfall Act, see 28 U.S.C. § 2679, the United States moved to substitute itself as the sole defendant in a defamation suit brought by Aníbal Taboas against nine federal employees. The district court'denied the motion for substitution, holding that the defendant employees were not acting within the scope of their employment when they made the allegedly defamatory statements. We reverse the district court’s decision and remand for further proceedings.
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Aníbal Taboas was a manager in the Department of Energy’s field office in Argonne, Illinois…
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