California Court of Appeal

Order granting defendants' special motion to strike the complaint under the anti-SLAPP statute is affirmed over claims that the trial court erred as: 1) each claim in the complaint was based on statements and conduct which fell within the commercial speech exemption set forth in Code of Civil Procedure section 425.17(c), and thus was immune from challenge under the anti-SLAPP law; 2) plaintiffs demonstrated a probability of prevailing on each claim contained in the complaint; and 3) denying plaintiffs' request to conduct limited discovery while defendants' motion was pending was an abuse of discretion.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/27/2007
• Published 06/27/2007

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Philipson & Simon, Anahiem, Jeffrey S. Simon, David A. Simon;  Martin & McCormick, Kathy J. McCormick and John D. Martin, Victorville, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Gibbs Giden Locher & Turner, Los Angeles, James M. Gansinger;  Baer & Troff and Eric L. Troff for Defendants and Respondents.