Legal Opinion
Tichinin v. City of Morgan Hill
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 21, 2009No. H031019PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
RUSHING, P. J.
I. Statement of the Case
In 2004, the Morgan Hill City Council adopted a resolution that condemned Bruce Tichinin, a local attorney, for hiring a private investigator to conduct surveillance of the city manager and then denying that he had done so. Thereafter, Tichinin filed an action against the city under 42 United States Code section 1983 (hereafter 1983 action) alleging that the city unlawfully retaliated against him for exercising his constitutional rights. The city answered and then filed an anti-SLAPP motion under Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16 to strike the…
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