Virgilio Avila & Univision Television Group, Inc. v. F.B. Larrea

OPINION

Opinion by

Justice LANG.

This accelerated interlocutory appeal arises from a defamation action by appel-lee F.B. Larrea against appellants Virgilio Avila and Univision Television Group, Inc. (“Univision”). Appellants moved to dismiss the action pursuant to the Texas Citizens Participation Act (“TCPA”), which provides for dismissal of actions involving the exercise of certain constitutional rights. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem.Code Ann. §§ 27.001-27.011 (West Supp.2012). The trial court held a hearing on appellants’ motion to dismiss and, in an order dated within thirty days after that…