Legal Opinion
Loigman v. TP. COMMITTEE OF MIDDLETOWN
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided January 18, 2006PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Albin
In this appeal, we must determine whether the litigation privilege shields a lawyer from a civil suit charging him with the improper use of a sequestration motion to exclude a spectator from a public hearing. Plaintiff Larry Loigman, Esq. filed a federal civil rights lawsuit under 42 U.S.C.A § 1983, alleging that defendants Thomas J. Savage, Esq. 1 and the Township of Middle-town (Township) violated his First Amendment right to attend an administrative law hearing. The gist of the lawsuit is that Savage, the Township’s specially retained labor attorney, persuaded the Administrative Law Judge…
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