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PERDUE, BRACKETT v. LINEBARGER, GOGGAN

No. 2-08-041-CV.

291 S.W.3d 448 (2009)

PERDUE, BRACKETT, FLORES, UTT & BURNS, a Joint Venture; Luther W. "Luke" Ellis, C. David Fielder, and Elizabeth Parmer, Appellants, v. LINEBARGER, GOGGAN, BLAIR, SAMPSON & MEEKS, L.L.P. and Bryan Eppstein & Co., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

Rehearing Overruled June 25, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold D. Hammett, Fort Worth, TX, for Appellant.

Hill Gilstrap PC and Frank Gilstrap, Emily A. Cash and Christie L. Hobbs, Arlington, TX, Randy J. Hall, Bedford, TX, and Adams, Lynch & Loftin and Jerry D. Bullard, Grapevine, TX, for Appellee.

Panel: CAYCE, C.J.; GARDNER, J.; and WILLIAM BRIGHAM, J. (Senior Justice, Retired, Sitting by Assignment).

OPINION

ANNE GARDNER, Justice.

When one law firm, seeking a contract to provide legal services to a city, makes allegedly defamatory statements to the city council about the performance of a competing law firm, are the statements absolutely privileged under the doctrine of quasi-judicial immunity? We answer "yes," and we affirm the trial court's summary judgment.

Background

Appellants Ellis, Fielder, and Parmer are members of Appellant...

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