Timur on 5th Avenue, Inc. v. Jim, Jack & Joe Realty Corp.

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• holding that communications during a judicial proceeding cannot serve as the basis for a civil action for libel or slander
• concluding that statements in a letter to a 11 grievance committee of the bar association were absolutely 12 privileged because “the statement . . . was material and 13 pertinent to the matter in issue”
• proceedings before the Grievance Committee of the bar association because the bar association in its disciplinary capacity acted “as an arm of the Appellate Division.”
• privileged statements made before the New York City Department of Transportation
• the privilege applies to the complaint filed in a quasi-judicial proceeding
• “There can, of course, be no doubt that statements made by counsel and parties in the course of judicial proceedings are privileged as long as such statements are material and pertinent to the questions involved .... ” (internal quotation marks omitted)

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