Burns v. Davis

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that generally the jury determines whether an ordinary listener would believe a statement to be a factual assertion or mere opinion
• noting that qualified privilege balances competing policies of protecting reputation and free communication
• “Public policy dictates that th[e] need to ensure complete and truthful testimony must be balanced against extending protection to administrative hearings in which a volunteer may defame someone ....”
• \Public policy dictates that th[e] need to ensure complete and truthful testimony must be balanced against extending protection to administrative hearings in which a volunteer may defame someone. . . .\
• “Arizona views the 21 Restatement [(Second) of Torts] as authority for resolving questions concerning rules in 22 defamation cases.”
• ‘‘the Restatement [(Second) of Torts] extends absolute immunity in limited specified situations to judicial officers, attorneys at law, parties to judicial proceedings, witnesses in judicial proceedings, jurors, legislators, [and] witnesses in legislative pro- ceedings’’

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).