Legal Opinion
Thompson v. Dilger
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided September 21, 1988No. Civ. A. 88-197-A, 88-196-APublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ELLIS, District Judge.
Introduction
These essentially similar, consolidated cases arose from the same bizarre incident, an incident that confirms yet again that fact is often stranger than fiction. It happened on August 19, 1986, at the Texacare Service Station in Arlington, Virginia. On that day, defendant Robert G. Dilger, a retired Air Force Colonel with extensive experience in arms development and procurement, and a companion, defendant Joseph Donahue, drove into the service station to buy gasoline. Dilger and Donahue were in the Washington area to demonstrate an armor…
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