Mills v. Denny

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• for same reasons, qualified privilege available to the mayor of Des Moines, who allegedly slandered a lawyer during meeting of city council
• “Privileged communications are divided into two main general classes, namely: (1) those that are absolutely privileged, and those that are qualifiedly or conditionally privileged.”
• city council proceedings not under able and controlling influence of learned judge who may reprimand, fine, punish, and expunge impertinent material from record
• city council proceedings not under able and controlling influence of learned judge who may reprimand, fine, punish, and expunge impertinent material from record
• absolute privilege not extended to mayor for defamatory comments made at city council meeting
• “utterances or publications of members of a city council are not... absolutely privileged communication”

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