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DOE NO. 1 v. BURKE

No. 13-CV-83.

91 A.3d 1031 (2014)

John DOE No. 1, Appellant v. Susan L. BURKE, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 29, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher J. Hajec , with whom Michael E. Rosman , Washington, DC, was on the brief, for appellant.

William T. O'Neil , Bethesda, MD, for appellee.

James A. McLaughlin , Washington, DC, for amicus curiae Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, the American Civil Liberties Union of the Nation's Capital, American Society of News Editors, Digital Media Law Project, Gannett Co., Inc., the McClatchy Co., National Press Photographers Association, and the Washington Post. Bruce D. Brown and Gregg P. Leslie were on the brief for amicus curiae.

Before EASTERLY, Associate Judge, and SCHWELB and FARRELL, Senior Judges.

EASTERLY, Associate Judge:

A "strategic lawsuit against public participation" or "SLAPP" is a lawsuit "filed by one side of a political or public policy debate aimed to punish or prevent the expression of opposing points of view." D.C. Council, Comm. on Pub. Safety and the Judiciary, Report on Bill 18-893 ("Comm. Report") at 1 (Nov. 18, 2010). SLAPPs "masquerade as ordinary lawsuits," Batzel v. Smith, 333 F.3d 1018, 1024 (9th...

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