LEVY v. STATE


58 N.Y.2d 733 (1982)

Arthur J. Levy, Appellant, v. State of New York, Respondent. (Claim No. 62145-A.)

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 14, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur J. Levy, appellant pro se.

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

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


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...

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