Legal Opinion
Mosrie v. Trussell
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 5, 1983No. 82-1478PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KERN, Associate Judge:
This is an appeal from a libel and slander action tried to a jury for four days. At the close of plaintiff Arif H. Mosrie’s case, the judge directed a verdict for defendant William C. Trussed. The plaintiff appeals. We affirm.
The facts are that in the Spring of 1979 Trussell, as a Deputy Chief of Police, was the commanding officer of the Criminal Investigation Division of the Metropolitan Police Department. Mosrie, a captain, commanded the Homicide Branch. Thus, Trussed was Mosrie’s immediate supervisor.
In early May various members of the Homicide Branch compiled a list…
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