Parker v. Holbrook

OPINION

DYESS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment granted by the trial court in this slander suit brought by reason of comments made by Judge Holbrook, the appellee, in a hearing before the executive committee of the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H— GAC). Judge Holbrook was present and participating as a member of such committee. Judgment was granted, apparently on the basis that the hearing was quasi-judicial in nature and therefore all comments made during the hearing were absolutely privileged or non-actionable.

The appellant raises four points of error on appeal as follows:

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