BARAL v. SCHNITT

No. S225090.

1 Cal.5th 376 (2016)

205 Cal. Rptr. 3d 475

376 P.3d 604

ROBERT C. BARAL, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DAVID SCHNITT, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

August 1, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kerr & Wagstaffe, James M. Wagstafffe , Kevin B. Clune ; Ervin Cohen & Jessup, Michael C. Lieb and Leemore L. Kushner for Defendant and Appellant.

Davis Wright Tremaine, Thomas R. Burke , Rochelle L. Wilcox and John D. Freed for Los Angeles Times Communications LLC, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, California Newspaper Publishers Association, Californians Aware, The First Amendment Coalition, The McClatchy Company, First Look Media, Inc., The Associated Press, News Corporation, Dow Jones & Co., Inc., The New York Times Company, Cable News Network, Inc., ABC, Inc., The Hearst Corporation, Bloomberg, L.P., and CBS Broadcasting, Inc., as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Sauer & Wagner, Gerald L. Sauer and Amir A. Torkamani for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

California's anti-SLAPP statute provides that "[a] cause of action against a person arising from any act of that person in furtherance of the person's right of petition or free speech ... shall be subject to a special motion to strike, unless the court determines ... there is a probability that the plaintiff...

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