Defend v. Lascelles

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that an absolute privilege is “based upon the public interest of encouraging access to the court system while facilitating the truth-seeking process therein.”
• stating that the \significant interest\ involved is the \facilitati[on] of the truth-seeking process\
• stating that the “significant interest” involved is the “facilitati[on] of the truth-seeking process”
• \The law thus clearly allows for an absolute privilege where there exists a significant interest in protecting the type of speech involved.\
• “The law thus clearly allows for an absolute privilege where there exists a significant interest in protecting the type of speech involved.”
• “The law thus clearly allows for an absolute privilege where there exists a significant interest in protecting the type of speech involved.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).