Legal Opinion
American Civil Liberties Union, Inc. v. Zeh
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 19, 2021No. S20G1473PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
312 Ga. 647
FINAL COPY S20G1473. AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, INC. v. ZEH. NAHMIAS, Chief Justice. B. Reid Zeh filed a lawsuit alleging that the American Civil Liberties Union, Inc. (“ACLU”) had published on its blog a post containing defamatory statements asserting that Zeh, who was the public defender for misdemeanor cases in Glynn County, had charged an indigent criminal defendant a fee for his public defense services. The ACLU moved to strike the defamation lawsuit pursuant to Georgia’s anti-Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (“anti-SLAPP”) statute, OCGA § 9-11-11.1.1 Zeh…
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