Legal Opinion
Marsha L. Lutz v. Secretary of the Air Force, and Gerald L. Ivory, Manuel E. Ferdin, and United States of America
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 16, 1991No. 89-16310PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
This case involves Bivens and state common law claims brought by a former major in the United States Air Force, Marsha Lutz, who alleges that the individual defendants, Technical Sergeants Ivory and Fer-din (“the sergeants”), broke into her office, took personal papers and disseminated them to other military personnel with the intent to injure her reputation and career. The sergeants, along with the United States, seek to appeal the district court’s denial of their motion to dismiss on grounds of Feres intra-military immunity. They also seek to appeal what they term…
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