I am pleased to
report that the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Pennsylvania has dismissed with prejudice, in its
entirety, the civil action filed by Joe Ames against ARRL, Jim
Boehner, Tom Gallagher and Rick Roderick.
I’ve only given
the opinion a quick skim, but it looks like Judge Jones agreed
that Ames’ own evidence shows that the ARRL statements were
true, and thus, cannot be defamatory. Mr. Ames has 30 days in
which to appeal if he chooses to do so.
I anticipated
this; frankly, Ames complaint and his responsive pleading
after ARRL's Motion to Dismiss were poorly drafted and the
argument was weak. The Cozin, O'Connor firm did a bangup job
of representing ARRL.
Merry
Christmas.
73, Chris W3KD
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Christopher D. Imlay
Booth, Freret & Imlay, LLC
14356 Cape May Road
Silver Spring, Maryland 20904-6011
(301) 384-5525 telephone
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