Levy v. State of New York

Full title: ARTHUR J. LEVY, Appellant, v. STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent. (Claim No…

Court: Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Dec 14, 1982

58 N.Y.2d 733 (N.Y. 1982)

459 N.Y.S.2d 27

445 N.E.2d 203

Opinion

Argued November 12, 1982

Decided December 14, 1982

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department, GERARD M. WEISBERG, J.

Arthur J. Levy, appellant pro se. Robert Abrams, Attorney-General ( Peter H. Schiff and Richard J. Dorsey of counsel), for respondent.

Order affirmed, with costs. The Special Prosecutor, and thus the State, was entitled to absolute immunity from a libel action based on an affirmation submitted in the course of a judicial proceeding ( Imbler v Pachtman, 424 U.S. 409, 421-423; see Toker v Pollak, 44 N.Y.2d 211, 220).

Concur: Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and MEYER.