SARVER v. CHARTIER

Nos. 11-56986, 12-55429.

813 F.3d 891 (2016)

Sgt. Jeffrey S. SARVER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Nicolas CHARTIER; Summit Entertainment, LLC; Kathryn Bigelow; The Hurt Locker LLC; Mark Boal; Greg Shapiro; Voltage Pictures, LLC; Grosvenor Park Media, LP; Kingsgate Films Inc.; Donall McKusker; Tony Mark; First Light Productions Inc., Defendants-Appellees, Playboy Enterprises, Inc., Defendant. Sgt. Jeffrey S. Sarver, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Nicolas Chartier; Summit Entertainment, LLC; Kathryn Bigelow; The Hurt Locker LLC; Mark Boal; Greg Shapiro; Voltage Pictures, LLC; Grosvenor Park Media, LP; Kingsgate Films Inc.; Donall McKusker; Tony Mark; First Light Productions Inc., Defendants-Appellees, and Playboy Enterprises, Inc., Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Submission Vacated May 9, 2013.

Filed February 17, 2016.

Resubmitted December 24, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Dezsi , Law Office of Michael R. Dezsi, PLLC, Detroit, MI, argued the cause and filed the briefs for the Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jon-Jamison Hill , Eisner, Kahan & Gorry, Beverly Hills, CA; David Halberstadter , Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Los Angeles, CA; and Jeremiah T. Reynolds , Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert LLP, Santa Monica, CA, each argued the cause and filed the brief for the Defendants-Appellees. With them on the brief were Timothy J. Gorry and Jackie M. Joseph , Eisner, Kahan & Gorry, Beverly Hills, CA; Rebecca F. Ganz , Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Los Angeles, CA; and Dale F. Kinsella , Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert LLP, Santa Monica, CA.

Kelli L. Sager , Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Los Angeles, CA, filed a brief on behalf of amici curiae Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. And Entertainment Merchants Association in support of the Defendants-Appellees. With her on the brief was Karen A. Henry , Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Los Angeles, CA.

Before: DIARMUID F. O'SCANNLAIN, RICHARD A. PAEZ, and SANDRA S. IKUTA, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

We must decide whether the district court properly applied California's Anti-Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (anti-SLAPP) statute when it dismissed Army Sergeant Jeffrey Sarver's lawsuit relating to the Oscar-winning film The Hurt Locker.

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