Legal Opinion
La Marca v. Capella University
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 31, 2008No. 06-55314Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM **
Jeffry La Marca appeals the district court’s denial of his special motion to strike pursuant to California’s anti-SLAPP provision, California Civil Procedure Code section 425.16. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, see Batzel v. Smith, 333 F.3d 1018, 1024 (9th Cir.2003), and we affirm.
*665California’s anti-SLAPP provision provides protection from a strategic lawsuit filed “against a person arising from any act of that person in furtherance of the persons’s right of petition or free speech under the United States or California Constitution in connection with a public issue…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Batzel v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
- Wilson v. Parker, Covert & ChidesterCalifornia Supreme Court · 2002
- Unelko Corp., an Illinois Corporation Howard G. Ohlhausen v. Andy Rooney, an Individual Cbs, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
- Damon v. Ocean Hills Journalism ClubCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2000
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