Legal Opinion
Rivero v. American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 28, 2003No. A097032PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
HAERLE, Acting P. J.
I. Introduction
David Rivero sued numerous individuals and entities, including the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, and its Local 3299 (collectively the Union). He charged the Union with libel, slander, conspiracy to libel, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and intentional and negligent interference with economic relationship. The Union filed a special motion to strike pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16,1 commonly called the anti-SLAPP statute (see Equilon Enterprises v. Consumer Cause, Inc. (2002) 29…
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