BUDWIN v. AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSN.

Docket No. C015589.

24 Cal.App.4th 875 (1994)

29 Cal. Rptr.2d 453

HOWARD BUDWIN, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

April 28, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Jenner & Block, David W. Ogden, Kit A. Pierson, Farella, Braun & Martel, Douglas R. Young and Adam C. Dawson for Defendant and Appellant.

Stephen A. Holmes for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

DAVIS, J.

The principal issue in this appeal is whether a private, voluntary association of psychologists is prohibited under the litigation privilege of Civil Code section 47, subdivision (b), or the doctrine of "quasi-judicial immunity," from censuring one of its members for presenting false statements as a court-appointed expert in a child custody proceeding. We conclude the association is not prohibited from imposing such...

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