CORDOVA v. CLINE

No. 30,546.

308 P.3d 975 (2013)

2013-NMCA-083

Arsenio CORDOVA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jill CLINE, Thomas Tafoya, Loretta DeLong, Jeanelle Livingston, Catherine Collins, Rose Martinez, Esther Winter, Elizabeth Trujillo, and Jane Does 1 Through 10, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Granted, No. 34,093, July 26, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Henderson , Santa Fe, NM, for Appellant.

Armstrong & Armstrong, P.C., Julia Lacy Armstrong , Taos, NM, for Appellee Cline.

The Herrera Firm, P.C., Samuel M. Herrera , Taos, NM, for Appellee Tafoya.

Steven K. Sanders & Associates, L.L.C., Steven K. Sanders , Albuquerque, NM, for Appellees DeLong, Livingston, Collins, Martinez, Winter, and Trujillo.


OPINION

KENNEDY, Judge.

{1} This case requires us to decide whether the New Mexico statute prohibiting strategic litigation against public participation (Anti-SLAPP statute) bars Plaintiff Arsenio Cordova's lawsuit against members of Citizens for Quality Education (CQE), an organization that tried to institute a recall election to remove Cordova from the school board. We conclude that the Anti-SLAPP statute does not apply to a hearing in district...

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