DUNNING v. BOYES

SC 2417.

351 So.2d 883 (1977)

W. D. DUNNING et al. v. Earl BOYES.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied November 18, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Otto E. Simon, Mobile, Mozart G. Ratner, Washington, D.C., for appellants.

Bert S. Nettles, Mobile, for appellee.


MADDOX, Justice.

This is an interlocutory appeal involving controlling questions of law as to which the parties substantially disagree. Those questions are:

1. Are defamatory communications made in the course of, and relevant to, a federal grievance proceeding absolutely privileged?

2. Is referring to a person as "a known Bigot" actionable?

The trial court, by refusing to grant the defendants' motion to dismiss a libel action, in effect...

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