E. Duncan Getchell Jr., a nominee for the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, has been accused of spreading defamatory statements about another Virginia lawyer in order to shore up his foundering nomination and shift blame for an $8 million court error.

Richmond, Va., attorney Christopher C. Spencer made the allegations in a defamation suit filed in Richmond Circuit Court on Nov. 14.

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