Article: Judge dismisses Boehner's cell phone suit against McDermott

FREDERIC J. FROMMER Associated Press Writer
AP Online
07-29-1998
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., has won his motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, but not without a serious tongue-lashing.

A federal judge this week ruled that the First Amendment protected McDermott when he allegedly disclosed a December 1996 taped cell phone conversation of House Republican leaders.

U.S. District Court Judge Thomas F. Hogan added this editorial comment about McDermott, who was a member of the House Ethics Committee at the time of the flap:

``It is unfortunate that a United States Representative, who had chosen a position that supposedly illuminated him as ...

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