Legal Opinion
OAO Alfa Bank v. Center for Public Integrity
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 27, 2005No. CIV.A. 00-2208(JDB)PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
BATES, District Judge.
Plaintiffs are two Russian businessmen and their companies who have sued the defendants, a public interest organization and its reporters, for defamation for publishing an article alleging that plaintiffs have connections to organized crime and have engaged in narcotics trafficking. Defendants have filed a motion for summary judgment in which they argue, among other things, that plaintiffs are limited public figures, and that the evidence demonstrates as a matter of law that defendants did not publish the piece with actual malice. The Court agrees.…
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