Supreme Court of California

The perfecting of an appeal from the denial of a special motion to strike under the anti-SLAPP statute automatically stays all further trial court proceedings on the merits upon the causes of action affected by the motion.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/03/2005
• Published 03/03/2005

Judges

• BROWN, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Horvitz & Levy, Jon B. Eisenberg, Jeremy B. Rosen, Encino;  Law Offices of Randall M. Widmann, Randall M. Widmann, Palo Alto;  and Glynn P. Falcon, for Defendants and Appellants., Cyrus Sanai, Los Angeles, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants., Levy, Ram & Olson, Karl Olson, San Francisco;  Karlene W. Goller, Los Angeles;  Thomas W. Newton;  Harold W. Fuson, Jr., La Jolla;  Stephen J. Burns, Sacramento;  Jonathan Donnellan;  Davis Wright Tremaine, Duffy Carolan, San Francisco;  Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz, James E. Grossberg, Palm Springs;  Riegels Campos & Kenyon and Charity Kenyon, Sacramento, for California Newspaper Publishers Association, Los Angeles Times, Hearst Communications, Inc., The Copley Press, Inc., Ang Newspapers, Inc., McClatchy Newspapers, Inc., Press-Enterprise, Inc., Freedom Communications, Inc., and McNaughton Newspapers as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Manuel M. Medeiros, State Solicitor General, Tom Greene, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Theodora Berger, Assistant Attorney General, Edward G. Weil and Susan S. Fiering, Deputy Attorneys General, for Bill Lockyer, Attorney General of the State of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants., Mark Goldowitz, Berkeley;  Margaret C. Crosby, Los Angeles;  Peter Eliasberg, Los Angeles;  and Jordan Budd, for California Anti-SLAPP Project, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California, ACLU Foundation of Southern California and American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of San Diego and Imperial Counties as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants., Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, Lynne C. Hermle, Matthew H. Poppe, Menlo Park;  Law Offices of Gerald Z. Marer, Gerald Z. Marer;  Farella, Braun & Martel, Douglas R. Young, San Francisco;  Pillsbury Winthrop, Thomas V. Loran III, Craig E. Stewart and Renée A. Jansen, San Francisco, for Plaintiffs and Respondents.