Legal Opinion
Jefferson v. Harris
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 21, 2016No. Civil Action No. 2014-1247PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JAMES E. BOASBERG United States District Judge
“[F]or the citizen-critic of government[, i]t is as much his duty to criticize as it is the official’s duty to administer.” N.Y. Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254, 282, 84 S.Ct. 710, 11 L.Ed.2d 686 (1964). But what obtains when the roles are mixed and it is the official’s duty to play critic? For Plain tiff Raymond Jefferson, a former high-level appointee in the Department of Labor who believes himself the victim of an Inspector General’s defamatory campaign, the governmental critic must be held to account. This is particularly…
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