Blanchard v. DirecTV, Inc.
California Court of Appeal
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1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ALDRICH, J.
INTRODUCTION
We are asked to apply the newly enacted Code of Civil Procedure section 425.17, subdivision (b), which expressly excludes public-interest lawsuits from the reach of anti-SLAPP 1 special motions to strike (§ 425.16).
DIRECTV sent demand letters to thousands of people who purchased certain devices that can pirate DIRECTV’s television programming, requesting the recipients cease using the devices. Plaintiffs, recipients of these demand letters, filed their complaint against DIRECTV, alleging that the conduct of mailing the demand letters was an unfair business…
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