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KOCONTES v. McQUAID

No. S-09-235.

778 N.W.2d 410 (2010)

279 Neb. 335

Lonnie L. KOCONTES, appellant, v. Sean K. McQUAID and Edward T. Bujanowski, appellees.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

January 29, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Beckmann, of Beckmann Law Offices, Lincoln, for appellant.

Raymond E. Walden, of Walden Law Office, and William R. Johnson, of Lamson, Dugan & Murray, L.L.P., Omaha, for appellees.

WRIGHT, CONNOLLY, GERRARD, STEPHAN, McCORMACK, and MILLER-LERMAN, JJ.

McCORMACK, J.

NATURE OF CASE

Lonnie L. Kocontes filed a claim for libel per se against Sean K. McQuaid and Edward T. Bujanowski after they submitted a letter to the Nebraska Board of Pardons discouraging it from granting Kocontes' application. The district court granted McQuaid and Bujanowski's motion to dismiss based on the absolute privilege protecting participants in judicial or quasi-judicial proceedings from the prospect of defamation actions. We consider...

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