BRODEUR v. ATLAS ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

No. B263379.

248 Cal.App.4th 665 (2016)

204 Cal. Rptr. 3d 483

PAUL BRODEUR, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ATLAS ENTERTAINMENT, INC., et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Eight.

June 6, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leopold, Petrich & Smith, Louis P. Petrich , Elizabeth L. Schilken and Eva S. Neuberg for Defendants and Appellants.

Davis Wright Tremaine , Kelli L. Sager , Jonathan L. Segal and Thomas R. Burke , for CBS Broadcasting Inc., The Motion Picture Association of America, The New York Times Company, Getty Images (US), Inc., Hearst Corporation, First Look Media Works, Inc., Center for Investigative Reporting, Inc., The California Newspaper Publishers Association, First Amendment Coalition, Californians Aware and The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Kazan, McClain, Satterley & Greenwood, David McClain , Ted W. Pelletier , Ian A. Rivamonte ; Law Offices of Leon Friedman and Leon Friedman for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

SUMMARY

The principal issue in this case is whether a statement made by a "slightly unhinged" character in a motion picture, American Hustle (Columbia Pictures 2013), was made "in connection with a public issue or an issue of public interest" within the meaning of the anti-SLAPP (strategic lawsuit...

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