Legal Opinion
Arneja v. Gildar
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 11, 1988No. 87-481PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GALLAGHER, Senior Judge:
This is an appeal from the trial court’s order granting appellee’s motion for summary judgment in an action for slander. The trial court ruled that the alleged defamatory statements uttered by appellee were within the scope of absolute privilege, and thereby immune from an action for slander. We affirm.
Both appellant and appellee are attorneys licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia. They were representing opposing parties in a landlord-tenant dispute. Appellant represented the tenants, and ap-pellee was counsel for the landlord. The proceeding involved an…
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- Sidney Brown v. Dennis Collins, Dennis Collins v. First National Realty Corp.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1968
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