Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. ANDREW A. MARINO, Appellant, v. FRANCIS X. WALLACE, Respondent. Order unanimously affirmed, without costs. Memorandum: We affirm because in our view the allegedly slanderous remarks were made during the course of a Public Service Commission hearing which was in substance a quasi-judicial proceeding to which an absolute privilege attaches (Julian J. Studley, Inc. v Lefrak, 50 A.D.2d 162, affd on other grounds 41 N.Y.2d 881; see Toker v Pollak, 44 N.Y.2d 211, 222; Wiener v Weintraub, 22 N.Y.2d 330; Andrews v Gardiner, 224 N.Y. 440 446-447).