Legal Opinion
Goddard v. Fields
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided January 16, 2007No. 1 CA-SA 06-0114PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
OROZCO, Judge.
¶ 1 Terry Goddard, Monica Goddard and the Office of the Arizona Attorney General (collectively, the Attorney General) petitioned this court for special-action relief, challenging the trial court’s order finding that the Attorney General is not entitled to absolute immunity, but only qualified immunity for the allegedly defamatory statements he published in a press release regarding a lawsuit his office is pursuing. For the following reasons, we accept jurisdiction, but deny relief.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
¶ 2 This special action arises from a lawsuit the Attorney…
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