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· 4/29/1981

O'NEIL v. Cunningham

Citations

  • 118 Cal. App. 3d 466
  • 173 Cal. Rptr. 422
  • 1981 Cal. App. LEXIS 1665

How courts have described this case

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  • applying a California statute to bar a client's defamation action against his attorney
  • applying a California statute to bar a client's defamation action against his attorney
  • “The contrast between [the two earliest versions] of section 47 ... is so striking as to suggest that the Legislature intended to insulate from any liability in defamation anybody who, in a judicial proceeding, said or wrote anything about anybody.’’

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Judges: Feinberg

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