Legal Opinion
Leiendecker v. Asian Women United of Minnesota
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided May 24, 2017No. A16-0360PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McKEIG, Justice.
Sinuon and Lawrence Leiendecker sued the nonprofit organization Asian Women United of Minnesota (AWUM), alleging that two of AWUM’s previous lawsuits against them constituted malicious prosecution. AWUM sought immunity under Minnesota’s anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) law, which permits parties to move for dismissal of a lawsuit on the ground that a claim against them relates to an act involving public participation. Minn. Stat. §§ 554.01-.06 (2016). After we clarified the law’s procedure, the district court ruled that the section of the law…
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