McCutcheon v. Moran

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• finding that principal was not a public official when she filed a libel claim against the school janitor after the janitor publicly accused the principal of kicking him in the buttocks
• principal sued janitor employed at the same school for defamation after janitor accused her of battery and criminal charges were brought against her
• principal sued janitor employed at the same school for defamation after janitor accused her of battery and criminal charges were brought against her
• public school principal’s relationship to conduct of government is too remote to justify public official designation
• absolute privilege protected statements made about the plaintiff-school principal by the defendant-school janitor to the trial committee of the board of education and to members of the State’s Attorney’s office
• “The relationship a public school teacher or principal has with the conduct of government is far too remote, in our minds, to justify exposing these individuals to a qualifiedly privileged assault upon his or her reputation.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).