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· 10/18/1926

New York Life Insurance Co. v. United States

Citations

  • 273 U.S. 711
  • 47 S. Ct. 101
  • 71 L. Ed. 853
  • 1926 U.S. LEXIS 213

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  • holding absolute privilege probably applicable to unsolicited petition to town board to revoke liquor license
  • holding absolute privilege probably applicable to unsolicited petition to town board to revoke liquor license
  • absolute privilege would exist if petition to local Board of Supervisors seeking revocation of plaintiff s liquor license were published only to Board and not to public
  • statements made at a tavern licensing proceeding before a town hoard

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