California Court of Appeal

Trial court's denial of a city's motion to strike plaintiff's second amended cross-complaint under the anti-SLAPP statute, arising from a particular landfill operation, is affirmed where: 1) the anti-SLAPP statute does not apply to the causes of action against the city in the second amended cross-complaint, as actions to enforce, interpret or invalidate governmental laws generally are not subject to being stricken under the anti-SLAPP statute; and 2) even if the claims in question are based on speech within the meaning of section 425.16, they are not protected under the statute as being in connection with "a public issue or an issue of public interest."

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/26/2010
• Published 04/26/2010

Judges

• MOSK, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Slovak, Baron & Empey, Shaun M. Murphy for Cross-Complainant and Respondent USA Waste of California, Inc., Aleshire & Wynder, Fred Galante, Anthony R. Taylor for Cross-Defendant and Appellant City of Irwindale.