Legal Opinion
Regan v. Caldwell
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided April 7, 2017No. 2016 CA 0659PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McClendon, j.
| ¡¿Martin E. Regan, Jr., filed the underlying suit for defamation, alleging that an assistant attorney general made false and defamatory statements about Regan to a newspaper. The defendants in the defamation action, the state’s attorney general, the office of the attorney general, and the assistant attorney general who made the statements, filed Special Motions to Strike as authorized by LSA-C.C.P. art. 971. The trial court granted the defendants’ motions and dismissed Regan’s claims. Regan has appealed. For the following reasons, we affirm the trial court’s judgment.
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