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WARD TELECOMMS. v. NY

42 N.Y.2d 289 (1977)

Ward Telecommunications and Computer Services, Inc., Appellant, v. State of New York, Respondent. (Claim No. 57961.)

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 7, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miriam M. Netter for appellant.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Richard J. Dorsey and Ruth Kessler Toch of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges GABRIELLI and COOKE concur with Judge JONES; Judge WACHTLER concurs in an opinion in which Judge JASEN concurs; Judge FUCHSBERG concurs in a separate opinion.

JONES, J.

We hold that official audit reports issued on behalf of the State Comptroller by the Division of Audit and Accounts are subject to an absolute privilege in any action for defamation based on the content of such reports.

With the Counties of Essex and Franklin as its two local sponsors, North Country Community College was established at Saranac Lake, New York, in 1967 pursuant to article 126...

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