A Los Angeles judge is not entitled to immunity from a suit brought by a man who claims the judge defamed him in a newspaper interview, a California state appeal court ruled Tuesday. "Speaking to a reporter about a pending lawsuit is not a normal judicial function," and therefore isn't protected conduct, wrote Second District Court of Appeal Justice Paul Turner.
August 25, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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A Los Angeles judge is not entitled to immunity from a suit brought by a man who claims the judge defamed him in a newspaper interview, a state appeal court ruled Tuesday.
“Speaking to a reporter about a pending lawsuit is not a normal judicial function,” and therefore isn’t protected conduct, wrote Second District Court of Appeal Justice Paul Turner.
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