The Nation - News from Dec. 25, 1985
The U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that Washingtonian Magazine did not libel an air traffic controller when it reported a government conclusion that he had been partially responsible for a fatal airliner crash even though he had been cleared of negligence in a private lawsuit. A three-judge appeals court panel upheld the decision of U.S. District Judge Harold H. Greene in the case involving Merle W. Dameron.
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