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SCHWERN v. PLUNKETT

No. 14-35576.

845 F.3d 1241 (2017)

Michael G. SCHWERN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Patrick PLUNKETT, as personal representative of the Estate of Noirin Plunkett, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 17, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dan G. Booth (argued), Booth Sweet LLP, Cambridge, Massachusetts, for Defendant-Appellant.

Bear-Wilner-Nugent (argued), Portland, Oregon, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Margaret Garvin and Amy C. Liu , Portland, Oregon, as and for Amicus Curiae National Crime Victim Law Institute.

Before: M. Margaret McKeown, William A. Fletcher, and Raymond C. Fisher, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

In this appeal we resolve the lingering uncertainty about our jurisdiction to hear immediate appeals from denials of Oregon anti-SLAPP ("strategic lawsuit against public participation") motions. Oregon amended its anti-SLAPP statute in 2009 with the purpose of "provid[ing] a defendant with the right to not...

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