Legal Opinion

Montgomery v. Risen

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided July 15, 2016No. Civil Action No. 2016-0126PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Resolving All Pending Motions and Granting Dependants’ Motion For Summary Judgment

RUDOLPH CONTRERAS, United States District Judge

I. INTRODUCTION

The twists and turns of this case could fill the pages of a book. In fact, much of it already has. In October 2014 Defendant James Risen authored, and his co- defendants Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company and Houghton Miff-lin Harcourt Company (collectively, “Defendants”) 1 published, Pay any Price: Greed, Power, and Endless War. One of the book’s chapters focuses heavily on Plaintiff Dennis Montgomery, who claimed to have…

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Montgomery v. RisenDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2017
  2. Gregorio v. HooverDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2017
  3. Christiana Tah v. Global Witness Publishing, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2021
  4. Zimmerman v. Al Jazeera America, LLCDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2017
  5. Bauman v. ButowskyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2019

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