Case Name: Arthur J. Levy, Appellant, v. State of New York, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1982-12-14
Citations: 58 N.Y.2d 733
Docket Number: Claim No. 62145-A
Parties: Arthur J. Levy, Appellant, v State of New York, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 58
Pages: 733–734

Head Matter:
Arthur J. Levy, Appellant, v State of New York, Respondent.
(Claim No. 62145-A.)
Argued November 12, 1982;
decided December 14, 1982
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Arthur J. Levy, appellant pro se.
Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Peter H. Schiff and Richard J. Dorsey of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Order affirmed, with costs. The Special Prosecutor, and thus the State, was entitled to absolute immunity from a libel action based on an affirmation submitted in the course of a judicial proceeding (Imbler v Pachtman, 424 US 409, 421-423; see Toker v Pollak, 44 NY2d 211, 220).
Concur: Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg and Meyer.