Legal Opinion
John Doe No. 1 v. Susan L. Burke
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 29, 2014No. 13-CV-83PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERLY, Associate Judge:
A “strategic lawsuit against public participation” or “SLAPP” is a lawsuit “filed by one side of a political or public policy debate aimed to punish or prevent the expression of opposing points of view.” D.C. Council, Comm, on Pub. Safety and the Judiciary, Report on Bill 18-893 (“Comm. Report”) at 1 (Nov. 18, 2010). SLAPPs “masquerade as ordinary lawsuits,” Batzel v. Smith, 333 F.3d 1018, 1024 (9th Cir.2003) (internal quotation marks omitted), but a SLAPP plaintiffs true objective is to use litigation as a weapon to chill or silence speech. The District recently…
2Cases cited34 opinions
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- Will v. HallockSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
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3Cited by23 opinions
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