Legal Opinion
Hutchinson v. Proxmire
District Court, W.D. Wisconsin
Decided April 22, 1977No. 76-C-257PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
LEIGHTON, District Judge, Sitting by Designation.
I
This is a suit by a research scientist against a United States Senator, and one of his administrative assistants, seeking eight million dollars in damages for alleged slander, libel, malicious interference with contractual relations, malicious conduct or conduct with grossly negligent disregard for the truth, invasion of rights to privacy, and intentional infliction of emotional anguish. Jurisdiction is invoked under 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a)(1). When this suit was filed the presiding district judge recused himself, and this court was…
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Hutchinson v. ProxmireSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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- Rusack v. HarshaDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1978
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