Supreme Court of California

Denial of a motion to strike under California's anti-SLAPP statute establishes the existence of probable cause, precluding a subsequent malicious prosecution action, where such denial was predicated on a finding that the action had potential merit.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/01/2002
• Published 08/01/2002

Judges

• WERDEGAR, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Law Offices of Yvonne M. Renfrew and Yvonne M. Renfrew, Santa Monica, for Plaintiffs and Appellants., Armen L. George, in pro. per., and, for Alan D. Barbour and Miyoko O. Barbour as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Ericksen, Arbuthnot, Kilduff, Day & Lindstrom, Mark L. Keifer, Laine E. Hedwall and Matthew E. Voss, for Defendants and Respondents Parker, Covert & Chidester, Spencer E. Covert and Mark Williams., Reich, Adell, Crost & Cvitan, Paul Crost and Carlos R. Perez, Los Angeles, for Defendants and Respondents Reich, Adell, Crost & Cvitan and Marianne Reinhold., Stream & Stream, David D. Werner and Jamie E. Wrage, Riverside, for Defendants and Respondents Carl Axup and K.T. Bowers., Rutan & Tucker and David C. Larsen, Costa Mesa, for California School Boards Association Education Legal Alliance as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents Parker, Covert & Chidester, Spencer E. Covert, Mark Williams, Carl Axup and K.T. Bowers., Hinshaw & Culbertson, Ronald E. Mallen, San Francisco, and Paul E. Vallone as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents., Sidley Austin Brown & Wood and Mark E. Haddad, for Amoco Corporation and Amoco Technology Company as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents., Best Best & Krieger, Jack B. Clarke, Jr., John F. Walsh, Angelica Y. Castillo and Megan K. Starr, Riverside, for David Kuzmich, Carole Castle and Ellen Schwartz as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.