United States Ninth Circuit
Greater Los Angeles Agency on Deafness v. Cable News Network, Inc., 12-15807
The district court's order denying defendant's motion brought under California's anti-SLAPP statute, seeking to dismiss a lawsuit that sought to secure equal access for the hearing-impaired by compelling defendant to caption videos posted on its website, is vacated and remanded, where: 1) plaintiffs' lawsuit targeted conduct in furtherance of defendant's free speech rights and fell within the scope of the anti-SLAPP statute; and 2) plaintiffs failed to establish a probability of prevailing on its claims under California's Unruh Civil Rights Act because plaintiffs had not shown intentional discrimination based on disability.
Appellate Information
- Decided 02/05/2014
- Published 02/05/2014
Judges
- McKEOWN
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit