holding that a tenured state college teacher’s termination hearing and all communications made “in the course of’ said hearing were quasi-judicial
How later courts described this case
- holding that a tenured state college teacher’s termination hearing and all communications made “in the course of’ said hearing were quasi-judicial
- "The majority view, and the view we now adopt, is that an absolute privilege attaches to communications made in the course of quasi-judicial proceedings."
- publication outside the circle of decision-makers is not privileged
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
I concur in that part of the majority opinion which holds that the letter of termination written by Byrd is a part of a quasi-judicial proceeding and, therefore, is absolutely privileged. However, I respectfully dissent from that part which reverses the summary judgment in favor of Byrd. *Page 37