807 So. 2d 979 - Connolly v. Stone’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
1 district · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Bienvenu v. Angelle · 739 So. 2d 748 - City of New Orleans v. Bd. of Dir. of State Museum · 496 So. 2d 412 - Goldstein v. Serio · Allen v. Traffic Transport Engineering, Inc. · Akyar v. Lee
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is true that communications made in judicial or quasi-judicial proceedings carry an absolute privilege. This protection is offered in such proceedings so that the witness, who is bound by his oath to tell the truth, may speak freely without fear of civil suit for damages for defamation. The privilege is extended to an administrative agency only when that agency is exercising judicial or quasi-judicial functions. Investigatory work in the field, such as was performed by [the Civil Service investigator] is not the exercise of an adjudicative or quasi-adjudicative function, for those who are questioned are not under oath or subject to sanctions for making a false statement, and such investigations are not encompassed within quasi-judicial hearings or proceedings. Communications made during such an investigation are not accorded an absolute but only a qualified privilege, and the communication from [the defendant] to [the investigator] fall into this category.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Cooksey v. Stewart“[T]he Jefferson Parish Board of Election Supervisors investigated [the plaintiff] to determine his qualifications as a polling commissioner. We find, therefore, that the [board], as they conducted their inquiry of [the plaintiff] to determine the veracity of the allegations against him, exercised a quasi-judicial function.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Cooksey v. Stewart“A term applied to the action, discretion, etc., of public administrative officers or bodies, who are required to investigate facts, or ascertain the existence of facts, hold hearings, and draw conclusions from them, as a basis for their official action, and to exercise discretion of a judicial nature.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Lambert v. Delcarpio
How this case has been treated — in progress
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