California Court of Appeal

Order denying defendant's anti-SLAPP motion and requiring him to pay plaintiff's attorney fees under Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16 is affirmed, where: 1) defendant's threats to report criminal conduct to enforcement agencies and to plaintiff's customers and vendors, coupled with a demand for money, constitute criminal extortion as a matter of law, and 2) the anti-SLAPP statute does not apply to litigation communications which constitute criminal extortion as a matter of law.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/22/2013
• Published 04/22/2013

Judges

• CHANEY

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel