Legal Opinion
Simmons v. Allstate Insurance
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 14, 2001No. C034619PublishedCited by 56 opinions
[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CALLAHAN, J.
California’s anti-SLAPP statute (Code Civ. Proc., § 425.16; all further unspecified statutory references are to this code) allows dismissal, at an early stage, of a lawsuit designed primarily to chill the exercise of First Amendment rights. It permits a special motion to strike any cause of action designed to deter acts in furtherance of a person’s right of petition or free speech. (§ 425.16, subd. (b).)
In this case, Lester A. Simmons, Ute Simmons, and related business entities appeal from an order striking, as a SLAPP suit, a defamation-based cross-complaint they filed…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Lafayette Morehouse, Inc. v. Chronicle Publishing Co.California Court of Appeal · 1995
- Kyle v. CarmonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1999
- Dixon v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1994
3Cited by56 opinions
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