California Court of Appeal

The trial court's order to strike plaintiff's defamation claim as a Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation is reversed where plaintiffs made a sufficient showing of a probability of prevailing and, consequently, the trial court erred in granting the special motion to strike and awarding defendant attorney fees.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/17/2004
• Published 08/18/2004

Judges

• STEIN, Acting P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Steven Ames Brown, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• James R. Wheaton, Oakland, David Greene, Matthew J. Zimmerman, First Amendment Project, for Defendant and Respondent.