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HENNE v. CITY OF YAKIMA

No. 89674-7.

341 P.3d 284 (2015)

Michael HENNE, Respondent, v. CITY OF YAKIMA, a Municipal Corporation, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

January 22, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Tenney , Mark David Watson , Attorneys at Law, Peter McGillis Ritchie , Meyer, Fluegge & Tenney, P.S., Yakima, WA, for Petitioner.

Lish Whitson , Kristy Lee Stell , Lish Whitson PLLC, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

Milton G. Rowland , Foster Pepper PLLC, Spokane, WA, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys.

George M. Ahrend , Ahrend Law Firm PLLC, Ephrata, WA, Bryan Harnetiaux , WA State Ass'n for Justice Foundation, David P. Gardner , Winston & Cashatt, Spokane, WA, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Association for Justice Foundation.

Bruce Edward Humble Johnson , Eric Stahl , Ambika Kumar Doran , Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Seattle, WA, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Allied Daily Newspapers of Washington, Cowles Company, Telegram Co. dba Morgan Murphy Media, Gannett Company, Kiro-Tv, Inc., McClatchy Company, Seattle Times Company, Sinclair Broadcase Group, Inc., Sound Publishing, Inc., Washington Newspaper Publishers Association, Washington State Association of Broadcasters.

Jeffrey Lowell Needle , Maynard Building, Jesse Andrew Wing , Joseph Robert Shaeffer , MacDonald Hoague & Bayless, Sarah A. Dunne , ACLU of Washington Foundation, Nancy Lynn Talner , Attorney at Law, Seattle, WA, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Employment Lawyers Association, American Civil Liberties Union.

¶ 1 The city of Yakima claims the protection of statutes that were designed to protect the rights of those who engage in First Amendment protected communicative activity. U.S. CONST. amend. I. Those statutes — Washington's "anti-SLAPP"1 laws — protect speakers against frivolous,...

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