Roger LEISHMAN, Respondent,
v.
OGDEN MURPHY WALLACE, PLLC and Patrick Pearce, Petitioners.
Supreme Court of Washington.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued June 9, 2020.
Filed: January 28, 2021.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Robert M. Sulkin , McNaul Ebel Nawrot & Helgren, 600 University St. Ste. 2700, Seattle, WA, 98101-3143, Claire Martirosian , Attorney at Law, 600 University St. Ste. 2700, Seattle, WA, 98101-4151, Paul J. Lawrence , Shae Blood , Pacifica Law Group LLP, 1191 2nd Ave. Ste. 2000, Seattle, WA, 98101-3404, for Petitioners.
Roger Ashley Leishman , Attorney at Law, PO Box 2207, Bellingham, WA, 98227-2207, for Respondent.
Nancy Lynn Talner , Antoinette M. Davis , American Civil Liberties Union of Washington, PO Box 2728, Seattle, WA, 98111-2728, Julia Mizutani , Attorney at Law, PO Box 2728, Seattle, WA, 98111-2728, Michael Edward Kipling , Walter Kipling PLLC, 1546 NW 56th Street #735, Seattle, WA, 98107, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of American Civil Liberties Union of Washington.
Noah Guzzo Purcell , Washington Attorney General's Office, 1125 Washington St. SE, PO Box 40100, Olympia, WA, 98504-0100, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of State of Washington and Counsel for Other Parties.
MONTOYA-LEWIS, J.
¶ 1 The Washington State Legislature created civil immunity for persons who communicate information to the government. Washington passed its anti-SLAPP statute,1 RCW 4.24.510, in 1989 in order to protect individuals from retaliatory lawsuits that could deter them from making vital reports to the...
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