Legal Opinion
Lafayette Morehouse, Inc. v. Chronicle Publishing Co.
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 9, 1995No. A067522PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PETERSON, P. J.
In 1992, California enacted an anti-SLAPP statute. (Stats. 1992, ch. 726, § 2; Code Civ. Proc., 1 § 425.16.) SLAPP is an acronym for Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation. SLAPP litigation, generally, is litigation without merit filed to dissuade or punish the exercise of First Amendment rights of defendants. (Hull v. Rossi (1993) 13 Cal.App.4th 1763, 1769 [17 Cal.Rptr.2d 457]; cf. Wilcox v. Superior Court (1994) 27 Cal.App.4th 809, 815-816 [33 Cal.Rptr.2d 446] (Wilcox).)
Anti-SLAPP statutes such as section 425.16 provide a procedural remedy to expose and dismiss…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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