California Court of Appeal

A city suing in state court for declaratory relief action to validate city ordinance after state court defendant filed suit in federal court challenging the same ordinance does not violate the anti-SLAPP statute by merely seeking a more sympathetic venue.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/16/2001
• Published 07/16/2001

Judges

• RUVOLO, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Endeman, Lincoln, Turek & Heater, Donald R. Lincoln, Henry E. Heater, San Diego, Walter & Pistole, Jeffrey A. Walter, Sonoma, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Pacific Legal Foundation, R.S. Radford, Meriem L. Hubbard, Sacramento, Harold E. Johnson, for Respondents.