Under the Noerr-Pennington doctrine, which grants immunity to those who petition any department of the government for redress, the sham exception for intentional fraud on a court cannot lightly be taken to apply in a legislative context, because the political arena has a higher tolerance for outright lies than the judicial arena does. Ex parte Simpson, 36 So. 3d 15 (Ala. 2009)
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Under the Noerr-Pennington doctrine, which grants immunity to those who petition any department of the government for redress, the sham exception for intentional fraud on a court cannot lightly be taken to apply in a legislative context, because the political arena has a higher tolerance for outright lies than the judicial arena does.
