Supreme Court of California

An action, based on defendant's having filed counterclaims in a prior unrelated federal proceeding, "arose from" statutorily-protected activity, but did not necessarily constitute a SLAPP action, or become subject to dismissal under Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/29/2002
• Published 08/29/2002

Judges

• WERDEGAR, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Legal Strategies Group, Ralph C. Alldredge, Emeryvile, and William M. Quinn, Jr., San Francisco, for Defendant and Appellant., Levy, Ram, Olson & Rossi, Karl Olson;  Karlene W. Goller, Los Angeles;  Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich, Edward P. Davis, Jr., San Jose, James Chadwick;  Thomas W. Newton, Sacramento;  Levine Sullivan & Koch, James Grossberg;  Harold Fuson;  Stephen J. Burns, Sacramento;   Steinhart & Falconer, Roger R. Myers and Rachel E. Boehm, San Francisco, for California Newspaper Publishers Association, Los Angeles Times, Copley Press, Inc., McClatchy Newspapers, San Jose Mercury, Freedom Communications, Inc., The Hearst Corporation, Media News Group and The Recorder as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant., Law Offices of Samuel Kornhauser and Samuel Kornhauser, San Francisco, for Plaintiffs and Respondents.