California Court of Appeal

Denial of defendant's request for attorneys' fees under the anti-SLAPP law is reversed where plaintiff's claim involving defendant's activities in an election fell outside the "public interest" exception to the anti-SLAPP law and his action failed as a matter of law on undisputed facts.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/20/2005
• Published 12/20/2005

Judges

• CURRY, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Weissmann, Wolff, Bergman, Coleman, Grodin & Evall, Michael Bergman, Abraham M. Rudy, and Anjani Mandavia, Beverly Hills, for Defendant and Appellant., Richards, Watson & Gershon, Steven R. Orr, and Ginetta L. Giovinco, Los Angeles, for Plaintiff and Respondent.