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WHALEN v. HANLEY

No. S-9824.

63 P.3d 254 (2003)

Ronald WHALEN and Carol Whalen, Appellants, v. Co-Chair Mark HANLEY and Co-Chair Richard Foster of the State of Alaska House Finance Committee, and Representative Terry Martin, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

January 31, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald E. Whalen, pro se, and Lawrence Curt Delay, Friday Harbor, Washington, for Appellants.

Susan D. Cox, Assistant Attorney General, and Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellees Mark Hanley and Richard Foster.

Before: FABE, Chief Justice, MATTHEWS, EASTAUGH, BRYNER, and CARPENETI, Justices.

OPINION

EASTAUGH, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Legislative immunity protects legislators with respect to "any statement made in the exercise of [their] legislative duties."1 A state employee sued legislators for defamation. He claimed that they attached defamatory information to minutes of a legislative finance committee meeting in which legislators discussed state claims to recover from him and other state employees...

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