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HARKINS v. ATLANTA HUMANE SOC.

No. A03A1422.

618 S.E.2d 16 (2005)

273 Ga. App. 489

HARKINS v. ATLANTA HUMANE SOCIETY et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Certiorari Denied September 19, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hollie G. Manheimer, Stuckey & Manheimer, Decatur, Gerald R. Weber, Jr., Atlanta, for appellant.

Edward L. Greenblatt, James V. Zito, Janet L. Bozeman, Lipshultz, Greenblatt & King, Atlanta, for appellees.

Christopher L. Meazell, Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, Atlanta, Kesler T. Roberts, amici curiae.

MILLER, Judge.

In Atlanta Humane Society v. Harkins, 278 Ga. 451, 603 S.E.2d 289 (2004), the Supreme Court of Georgia affirmed this Court's holding that Georgia's anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation) statute provides substantive defamation-lawsuit protection for individuals who exercise their right of free speech on matters of public concern. See id. at 454(1),

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