Legal Opinion
Stanton v. Chase
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 29, 1985No. 84-233PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRYOR, Chief Judge:
In this case, appellant John J. Stanton alleges that appellee Carl W. Chase slandered him on two occasions in statements made to trial judges of the Superior Court. Both of appellee’s allegedly slanderous statements were made in private meetings with the trial judges, held for the purpose of assigning attorneys to represent indigent clients under the Criminal Justice Act (hereinafter the CJA) D.C.Code §§ 11-2601 et seq. (1981 & 1982 Supp.). In the trial court, appellee made a motion to dismiss appellant’s complaint, which was granted. On appeal, appellant claims that the…
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