153 Misc. 2d 726 - Klapper v. Guria’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
March 2009
most recently cited
1 state decisions
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“This privilege is necessary to encourage the cooperation of witnesses and is based upon public policy that a witness' testimony be privileged in order that the witness feel free to perform a public duty with knowledge that he or she will be insulated from harassment and financial burdens resulting from subsequent litigation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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