Legal Opinion
Wilcox v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 16, 1994No. B080282PublishedCited by 244 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
JOHNSON, J .
In her petition for writ of mandate Sondra Wilcox, a cross-defendant below, challenges the ruling of the trial court denying her motion to strike the cross-complaint against her for damages and injunctive relief based on restraint of trade and defamation. The motion to strike was based on California’s anti-SLAPP (strategic lawsuits against public participation) suit statute (Code Civ. Proc., § 425.16). We issued an alternative writ of mandate and stayed proceedings in the trial court pending our decision on the merits. For the reasons set forth below we have determined the…
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