Wiener v. Weintraub

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• 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)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

81 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Miazga v. Assaf
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2016-02-11· cited 244×
• Rosenberg v. MetLife, Inc.
  New York Court of Appeals· 2007-03-29· cited 94×
• Front, Inc. v. Khalil
  New York Court of Appeals· 2015-02-24· cited 77×
• Freeze Right Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Services, Inc. v. City of New York
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1984-04-24· cited 55×
• O'BRIEN v. Alexander
  S.D. New York· 1995-08-29· cited 52×
• Lampton v. Diaz
  Fifth Circuit· 2011-04-19· cited 45×
• Anonymous v. The Association Of The Bar Of The City Of New York
  Second Circuit· 1975-04-03· cited 41×
• Parrillo, Weiss & Moss v. Cashion
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1989-03-29· cited 41×
• Sexter & Warmflash, P.C. v. Margrabe
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2007-01-04· cited 38×
• Stega v. New York Downtown Hosp.
  New York Court of Appeals· 2018-06-27· cited 35×
• Drummond v. Stahl
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1980-08-19· cited 34×
• In Re Unification of the New Hampshire Bar
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1968-12-31· cited 34×
• Rufeh v. Schwartz
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2008-04-22· cited 33×
• Hackethal v. Weissbein
  California Supreme Court· 1979-04-12· cited 31×
• Kerpelman v. Bricker
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1974-12-16· cited 31×
• Herzfeld & Stern, Inc. v. Beck
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1991-08-01· cited 27×
• Bar Group, LLC v. Business Intelligence Advisors, Inc.
  S.D. Texas· 2017-02-22· cited 25×
• Buckley v. Litman
  New York Court of Appeals· 1982-12-14· cited 24×
• Anonymous v. Association of the Bar
  Second Circuit· 1975-04-03· cited 23×
• Zdenek Marek v. Old Navy (Apparel) Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2004-12-15· cited 18×

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Cowley v. Pulsifer
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1884-06-27· cited 163×
• Ramstead v. Morgan
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1959-12-16· cited 106×
• Robertson v. Industrial Insurance Company
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1954-10-19· cited 44×
• Richeson v. Kessler
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1953-03-31· cited 41×
• Doe v. Rosenberry
  Second Circuit· 1958-05-08· cited 14×
• Sullivan v. Crisona
  New York Supreme Court· 1967-07-31· cited 11×
• Quarles v. Traders and General Insurance Co.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1960-11-03· cited 8×
• In re Branch
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1917-06-15· cited 8×