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LOMBARDO v. STOKE

18 N.Y.2d 394 (1966)

Josef V. Lombardo et al., Appellants, v. Harold W. Stoke et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided November 29, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Bolan and Frank S. Polestino for appellants.

J. Lee Rankin, Corporation Counsel (Jerome Doyle of counsel), for respondents.

Chief Judge DESMOND and Judges VAN VOORHIS, BURKE and BERGAN concur with Judge FULD; Judge KEATING concurs in a separate memorandum in which Judges VAN VOORHIS and BURKE concur; Judge SCILEPPI dissents and votes to reverse in a separate opinion.

FULD, J.

In this defamation action, a former President of Queens College and the New York City Board of Higher Education have interposed a defense of absolute privilege in connection with an allegedly libelous statement they made denying charges that anti-Catholic bias had influenced promotions on the Queens College faculty.

The charges were originally voiced in 1958 and the Board of Higher Education...

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