No. 19-1271

Toni Sharretts Collins v. William Zolnier

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2020-05-07
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: absolute-privilege circuit-conflict civil-procedure communication-privilege defamation defamation-privilege first-amendment free-speech judicial-privilege legal-immunity procedural-exception tort tort-law
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment
Latest Conference: 2020-06-04
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a party has absolute judicial privilege when a defamatory communication is made that has no logical relation to the proceeding

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether a party has absolute judicial privilege when a defamatory communication is made that has no logical relation to the proceeding.

Docket Entries

2020-06-08
Petition DENIED.
2020-05-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/4/2020.
2020-05-13
Waiver of right of respondent William Zolnier to respond filed.
2020-05-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 8, 2020)
2020-02-28
Application (19A953) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until May 3, 2020.
2020-02-24
Application (19A953) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 5, 2020 to May 3, 2020, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Toni Sharretts Collins
Toni Sharretts CollinsLaw Office of Toni L. Sharretts Collins, Petitioner
Toni Sharretts CollinsLaw Office of Toni L. Sharretts Collins, Petitioner
William Zolnier
Jay M. Wright — Respondent
Jay M. Wright — Respondent