Supreme Court of California

Although defendants, litigants whose prior action was dismissed under the anti-SLAPP statute, may, in turn, invoke the statute as a defense to a subsequent "SLAPPback" action for malicious prosecution and abuse of process, plaintiff nonetheless demonstrated a probability of prevailing on her malicious prosecution claim so as to defeat defendants' motion to strike.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/27/2006
• Published 07/27/2006

Judges

• MORENO, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Ronald C. Stock, in pro. per., for Defendant and Appellant., Law Offices of Herbert Hafif, Greg K. Hafif, Jeanne A. Sterba, Claremont;  Law Offices of James J. Moneer, James J. Moneer;  Aitken Aitken & Cohn, Darren O. Aitken and Wylie A. Aitken, Santa Ana, for Defendants and Appellants Law Offices of Herbert Hafif et al., Peggy J. Soukup, in pro. per.;   Law Offices of Gary L. Tysch, Gary L. Tysch;  Dell'Ario & LeBouef and Alan Charles Dell'Ario, Oakland, for Plaintiff and Respondent.