Ashton-Blair v. Merrill

How courts have described this case

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• holding that when the appellate record is incomplete, “we presume that the record before the trial court supported its decision”
• applying absolute privilege under judicial statements doctrine to bar attorney’s claim for defamation against complainant
• applying absolute privilege under judicial statements doctrine to bar attorney's claim for defamation against complainant
• “As to matters not in our record, we presume that the record before the trial court supported its decision.”
• attorney’s defamatory statements made in response to complaint to the State Bar were shielded by absolute immunity
• “As to matters not in our record, we presume that the record before the superior court supported its decision.”

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