Legal Opinion
Grande v. State
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided March 22, 1977No. 1 CA-CIV 3057PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HAIRE, Judge.
The issue in this case is whether the defense of absolute privilege is available to the defendants, officials of the Arizona State Tax Commission, in an action against them for libelous statements appearing in the Notice of Dismissal which they filed with the State Personnel Board in connection with a hearing on plaintiff’s discharge.
The plaintiff, Arthur Grande, had been employed as a tax collector for the state of Arizona for several years when he was indicted at the end of September 1971, for attempting to influence a grand jury witness. On November 1, 1971, the State…
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