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LAFAYETTE MOREHOUSE, INC. v. CHRONICLE PUB. CO.

Docket No. A067522.

37 Cal.App.4th 855 (1995)

44 Cal. Rptr. 46

LAFAYETTE MOREHOUSE, INC., et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Five.

August 9, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Richard W. Hyland and Walter P. Maksym for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Cooper, White & Cooper, James M. Wagstaffe and Mark L. Tuft for Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

PETERSON, P.J.

In 1992, California enacted an anti-SLAPP statute. (Stats. 1992, ch. 726, § 2; Code Civ. Proc.,1 § 425.16.) SLAPP is an acronym for Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation. SLAPP litigation, generally, is litigation without merit filed to dissuade or punish the exercise of First Amendment rights of defendants. (Hull v. Rossi (1993)

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