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SAMSON INV. CO. v. CHEVAILLIER

No. 90,452.

988 P.2d 327 (1999)

1999 OK 19

SAMSON INVESTMENT COMPANY, Samson Properties Incorporated, Samson Resources Company, and Continental Drilling Company, Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. William C. CHEVAILLIER, Mysock & Chevaillier, A.B. Conant, Jr., Raymond P. Harris, Jr., Conant Whittenburg French & Schachter, P.C., William B. Federman, Day Edwards Federman Propester & Christiansen, P.C., Defendants/Appellees.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

As Corrected March 23, 1999.

Rehearing Denied September 16, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert K. Pezold, Joseph C. Woltz, Piper M. Willhite, Pezold, Richey, Caruso & Barker, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Attorneys for Appellants.

Joseph R. Farris, Feldman, Franden, Woodard, Farris & Taylor, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Attorneys for Defendants William C. Chevaillier and Mysock & Schevaillier.

R. Thomas Seymour, C. Robert Burton, F. Randolph Lynn, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Attorneys for Defendants William B. Federman, Day, Edwards, Federman, Propester and Christensen, P.C.

James M. Sturdivant, Gable Cotwals, Mock & Schwabe, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Attorneys for A.B. Conant, Jr., Raymond P. Harris, Jr., and Conant Whittenburg French & Schachter, P.C.

SUMMERS, C.J.:

¶ 1 We granted the motion to retain this appeal in order to address the issue of whether an attorney's circulation of a draft petition in a probable lawsuit to a prospective client can be the basis of a defamation lawsuit. We hold that the attorneys' actions were protected under the litigation privilege as recognized in our case of Kirschstein v. Haynes, 1990 OK 8, 788 P.2d 941<...

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