Court Opinion

ID: 9482134
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 08:41:34.894924+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:48:47.513321
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REAVLEY, Circuit Judge,
concurring.
I am compelled by the controlling authority to concur in this opinion; but I would hold, if free to do so, that official immunity from common law defamation liability extends to members of Congress when in an official capacity they comment on current legislative issues. See Mikva, Circuit Judge, dissenting in Chastain v. Sundquist, 833 F.2d 311, 328 (D.C.Cir.1987); cert. denied, 487 U.S. 1240, 108 S.Ct. 2914, 101 L.Ed.2d 946 (1988).