When determining whether to apply judicial privilege to statements a former student made about a sexual relationship with a teacher prior to the start of a quasi-judicial proceeding, does the age of the parties or whom the statement was made to matter?

Does it matter that it's unclear whether the former student intended the statement to spark an investigation?

These factual questions were the focus of the arguments before the state Supreme Court on Tuesday in the case of Schanne v. Addis. The only question of law in the case—whether judicial privilege applies to an allegation of sexual misconduct against a teacher by a former student prior to the commencement of any quasi-judicial proceeding—had been posed to the court by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.