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[[underlined]] Cases Affecting Smithsonian Interests [[/underlined]]

1.  [[underlined]] Moye v. Friends of the National Zoo [[/underlined]]

The plaintiff in this lawsuit is a National Zoological Park policeman who initiated this $500,000 libel litigation in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia on February 15, 1985, after being reported by a FONZ employee as a suspect in the theft of a small quantity of cash from a FONZ gift shop. It is the Institution's veiw that the plaintiff's case lacks merit in fact and law, and therefore represents little risks to Friends of the National Zoo or to the Smithsonian. Discovery is under way.