legal_theories: 405

509 claims, defenses, counterclaims, and affirmative defenses

Data license: Public court records

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theory_id	filing_id	theory	party	role	basis
405	57	Judicial proceedings privilege (Landry's)	Kassab	affirmative_defense	Absolute privilege covers all aspects of proceedings including preliminary communications. Pohl's claims arise from Kassab's solicitation letters and barratry litigation — communications in prospective and actual judicial proceedings. Privilege protects communications 'necessary to set the judicial machinery in motion.'