Legal Opinion
Ampex Corp. v. Cargle
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 5, 2005No. A106345PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
REARDON, J.
Respondents—a publicly traded company and its chairman—brought a defamation action against an anonymous poster on an Internet message board who posted messages critical of them. The poster responded with a motion to strike the complaint under California’s antiSLAPP statute. Once the poster’s identity was revealed, respondents dismissed the California action and filed in New York. In the first appeal, we held that the dismissal did not strip the trial court of jurisdiction to rule on the motion and request for attorney fees. (Ampex Corp. v. Cargle (Apr. 30, 2003, A099344)…
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