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CONROY v. SPITZER

No. G021750.

83 Cal.Rptr.2d 443 (1999)

70 Cal.App.4th 1446

Mickey CONROY et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. Todd SPITZER, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Three.

March 31, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Knypstra & Associates and Bradley P. Knypstra, Orange, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Ufkes & Bright and Jamie Morris Spitzer for Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

SILLS, P.J.

Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16 was enacted to discourage the filing of SLAPP suits — otherwise known as strategic lawsuits against public participation. SLAPP suits are, by definition, aimed at chilling the valid exercise of political rights, particularly the right of freedom of speech and the right to petition the government for the redress of grievances.

The present case involves what the trial court characterized...

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