Matthis v. Kennedy

How courts have described this case

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

• discussing matters published in a judicial proceeding related to the subject matter of the proceeding
• judicial immunity rule allows “complete immunity from being called to account for language used” to promote “the public welfare”
• matters published about a judicial proceeding related to the subject matter of the proceeding
• matters published about a judicial proceeding related to the subject matter of the proceeding
• “An attorney at law is absolutely privileged to publish false and defamatory matter of another in communications preliminary to a proposed judicial proceeding ... if it has some relation thereto.”
• statements made by participants in judicial proceedings are absolutely privileged and “will not support a civil action for defamation”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).