Levy v. State
Levy v. State
58 N.Y.2d 733; 445 N.E.2d 203; 459 N.Y.S.2d 27; 1982 N.Y. LEXIS 3938
Cases that cite this one
5 later published cases cite this decision.
- Katz v. Morgenthau (District Court, S.D. New York 1989)
- Carossia v. City of New York (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2007)
- Donovan v. City of New York (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2005)
- Remley v. State (N.Y. Ct. Cl. 1997)
- Sassower v. Signorelli (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1984)
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Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Order affirmed, with costs. The Special Prosecutor, and thus the State, was entitled to absolute immunity from a libel action based on an affirmation submitted in the course of a judicial proceeding (Imbler v Pachtman, 424 US 409, 421-423; see Toker v Pollak, 44 NY2d 211, 220).
Concur: Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg and Meyer.
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