Legal Opinion
Leon Steinberg v. International Criminal Police Organization
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 16, 1982No. 80-1336PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:
This is a defamation action commenced in January 1977 by Leon Steinberg, a United States citizen residing in Florida, against the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) and Interpol’s Secretary General. Headquartered outside Paris in Saint Cloud, France, Interpol was organized in 1923 to promote mutual assistance and facilitate communications among criminal police authorities in different countries.1 Steinberg alleges that Interpol published a document in the United States and in 125 other countries erroneously describing him as a wanted international…
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