California Court of Appeal

A trial court retains jurisdiction to award attorney's fees to a prevailing defendant, whose SLAPP motion is not heard solely because the court dismissed the action sua sponte prior to ruling on the motion.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/14/2002
• Published 08/14/2002

Judges

• ARMSTRONG, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Daniel P. Tokaji, and Mark Rosenbaum;  David Etezadi, Los Angeles;  and Edward I. Sands, for Defendants and Appellants., Irell & Manella, Gregory R. Smith, Allan J. Abshez, and Andrew K. Fogg, Los Angeles, for Plaintiff and Respondent.