SANDHOLM v. KUECKER

No. 111443.

962 N.E.2d 418 (2012)

356 Ill. Dec. 733

Steve SANDHOLM, Appellant, v. Richard KUECKER et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

January 20, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen T. Fieweger , of Katz, Huntoon & Fieweger, P.C., of Moline, for appellant.

James W. Mertes and Magen J. Mertes , of Sterling, for appellees Richard Kuecker and Ardis Kuecker.

Jeffrey J. Zucchi , of Clark, Justen, Zucchi & Frost, Ltd., of Rockford, for appellee Michael Venier.

Linda A. Giesen , of Dixon & Giesen Law Offices, of Dixon, for appellees Glen Hughes et al.

Michael R. Lieber , of Ice Miller LLP, of Chicago, for appellees NRG Media, LLC and Al Knickrehm.

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, of Springfield ( Michael A. Scodro , Solicitor General, and Clifford W. Berlow , Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, of counsel), for intervenor-appellee.

Leah R. Bruno and Kristen C. Rodriguez , of SNR Denton US LLP, and Harvey Grossman and Adam Schwartz , all of Chicago, for amicus curiae American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois.

Donald Craven , of Springfield, for amici curiae the Illinois Press Association and the Illinois Broadcasters Association.

Peter Kurdock , of Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae the Public Participation Project.


OPINION

Justice BURKE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 At issue in this appeal is the applicability of the Citizen Participation Act (Act) (735 ILCS 110/1 et seq. (West 2008)), commonly referred to as the anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation) statute, to a lawsuit alleging intentional torts based on alleged statements by the defendants attacking the plaintiff's reputation. The circuit court dismissed...

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