4632 REVIEW DENIED A defendant who instituted a non-sham administrative proceeding under California's Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code sections 21000 et seq.) is immune from liability for false statements made in the proceeding under the Litigation Privilege of Civil Code section 47, and under the federal Noerr-Pennington doctrine.CitationPEOPLE exrel GALLEGOS v PACIFIC LUMBER (Redwood Forest) 158 CA4 950 [See: B&PC 17200 etseq; CivC 47; Rubin v Green 4 C4 1187, T/AT 5/93; Professional v Columbia 508 US 49; Ludwig v Superior Court 37 CA4 8, T/AT 9/95; Blank v Kirwan 39 C3 311]
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