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DOE v. BURKE

No. 15-CV-690.

133 A.3d 569 (2016)

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

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 10, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

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

Arthur B. Spitzer , American Civil Liberties Union of the Nation's Capital, and Bruce D. Brown and Gregg P. Leslie , The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, filed a brief amicus curiae on behalf of appellant.

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

May an anonymous civil defendant who files and prevails on a special motion to quash a subpoena for identifying information under D.C.Code § 16-5503 (2012 Repl.), part of the District's Anti-SLAPP Act (the Act), be awarded attorney's fees under D.C.Code § 16-5504(a) without showing that the suit prompting the subpoena...

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