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DAVIS v. COX

No. 90233-0.

351 P.3d 862 (2015)

183 Wn.2d 269

Kent L. and Linda DAVIS; Jeffrey and Susan Trinin; and Susan Mayer, derivatively on behalf of Olympia Food Cooperative, Petitioners, v. Grace COX; Rochelle Gause; Erin Genia; T.J. Johnson; Jayne Kaszynski; Jackie Krzyzek; Jessica Laing; Ron Lavigne; Harry Levine; Eric Mapes; John Nason; John Regan; Rob Richards; Suzanne Shafer; Julia Sokoloff; and Joellen Reineck Wilhem, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided May 28, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Sulkin , Avi Joshua Lipman , McNaul Ebel Nawrot & Helgren, Seattle, WA, for Petitioners.

Bruce Edward Humble Johnson , Angela Catherine Galloway , Ambika Kumar Doran , Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Seattle, WA, Barbara M. Harvey , Detroit, MI, Steven Goldberg , Portland, OR, Maria C. Lahood , New York, NY, for Respondents.

George M. Ahrend , Ahrend Law Firm PLLC, Ephrata, WA, Bryan Patrick Harnetiaux , Attorney at Law, David P. Gardner , Winston & Cashatt, Spokane, WA, for amicus counsel for Wa State Association for Justice Foundation.

Alicia O. Young , Attorney General's Office, Torts Division A.G. Office, Attorney at Law, Olympia, WA, amicus counsel for State of Washington.

Jeffrey Lowell Needle , Maynard Building , Jesse Andrew Wing , Joseph Robert Shaeffer , Tiffany Mae Cartwright , MacDonald Hoague & Bayless, Seattle, WA, amicus counsel for Washington Employment Lawyers Association.

Matthew J. Segal , Sarah Christine Johnson , Pacifica Law Group LLP, Sarah A. Dunne , Attorney at Law, Nancy Lynn Talner , Attorney at Law, Seattle, WA, amicus counsel for Aclu.

Jessica L. Goldman , Summit Law Group, Seattle, WA, Bruce D. Brown , Report Comm. for Freedom of Press, Arlington, VA, for amicus counsel for Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 29 Others.

Neil Martin Fox , Law Office of Neil Fox, PLLC, Seattle, WA, for amicus counsel for Jewish Voice for Peace, Palestine Solidarity Legal Support, National Lawyers Guild, American Muslims for Palestine, International Jewish Anti-zionist Network.

¶ 1 This case requires us to decide the constitutionality of the Washington Act Limiting Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (anti-SLAPP statute). LAWS OF 2010, ch. 118 (codified at RCW 4.24.525). In the statute's prefatory findings, the legislature explained it was "concerned about lawsuits brought primarily to chill...

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