Legal Opinion
Englert v. MacDonell
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 7, 2009No. 06-35465, 06-35531PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KORMAN, District Judge:
Oregon has enacted a law of a kind popularly known as a “SLAPP” or an “anti-SLAPP” statute. Or.Rev.Stat. § 31.150, et seq. (2001). The acronym SLAPP stands for “strategic lawsuit against public participation.” The statute creates a procedural defense to civil actions that can dismiss a case without prejudice at the pleading stage, based on an apparent weighing and balancing of the likelihood of success on the merits at trial. See Staten v. Steel, 222 Or.App. 17, 191 P.3d 778, 788 (2008). The defendants in the present case appeal from an order of the United States…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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