Loigman v. TP. COMMITTEE OF MIDDLETOWN

How courts have described this case

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• holding that plaintiff's § 1983 action seeking damages for wrongful use of a sequestration order was barred by the litigation privilege
• holding that a party is entitled to the same litigation privilege as its representative
• discussing, e. g., Cutler v. Dixon, 76 Eng. Rep. 886 (K.B.1585); Hodgson v. Scarlett, 171 Eng.Rep. 362 (C.P.1817); Hoar v. Wood, 44 Mass. 193 (1841)
• discussing, e. g., Cutler v. Dixon, 76 Eng. Rep. 886 (K.B.1585); Hodgson v. Scarlett, 171 Eng.Rep. 362 (C.P.1817); Hoar v. Wood, 44 Mass. 193 (1841)
• “The litigation privilege does not immunize an attorney from disciplinary sanctions . . . .”
• litigation privilege protected township and its attorney from 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).