filing_sections: 491

553 document sections with headings and summaries

Data license: Public court records

This data as json

section_id	filing_id	heading	summary
491	65	VII. Judicial proceedings privilege	Absolute privilege covers all statements by counsel, parties, witnesses in judicial proceedings, including pre-trial, depositions, pleadings (Landry's v. Animal Legal Def. Fund). Extends to communications preliminary to contemplated proceedings and those 'necessary to set judicial machinery in motion.' Applied regardless of claim label — covers any claim where 'essence is damages flowing from communications in course of judicial proceeding' (Laub v. Pesikoff). Pohl's damages flow from Kassab's solicitation letters and barratry litigation/grievance filings.