Legal Opinion
Bartman v. Cheney
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided April 21, 1993No. Civ. A. 92-2342PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SPORKIN, District Judge.
Plaintiff, William J. Bartman, was a civilian reporter for the Department of Defense (“DOD”) newspaper Stars and Stripes, from March 1987 until March 1990, when he was fired. Defendants assert that Mr. Bartman was terminated for lying to his supervisor regarding the identity of the sources he had relied upon in writing a particular article. Plaintiff contends that Defendants’ proffered reason was mere pretext, and that he was fired in retaliation for the role he played as a whistleblower in exposing news censorship, waste and fraud at Stars…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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