Legal Opinion
Avirgan v. Hull
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 18, 1991No. Nos. 88-5720, 89-5143, 89-5232 and 89-5515PublishedCited by 317 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:
Two journalists, their lawyers, persons and entities associated with the journalists and lawyers, in this consolidated appeal involving the Nicaraguan Contra affair, seek reversal of the district court’s orders granting summary judgment against them and imposing sanctions in excess of one million dollars. We affirm the district court.
FACTS
On May 30, 1984, Tony Avirgan and his wife, Martha Honey, appellants, who are American journalists based in Costa Rica and cover Central America for various news agencies, attended a press conference of Contra leader Commandant Eden…
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