Caseyville, Ill. (ECWd) – In what appears to be a SLAPP suit (“Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation”), the attorney for the Village of Caseyville, Illinois, filed a lawsuit against researcher...
...his personal capacity to force him to pay the township for the $15,000 grant loss. Any such lawsuits would most likely be quickly tossed under the Anti-SLAPP Act, as these...
...SLAPP Act) was denied, in its denial the court found several of the complained of statements to be true, those include (See Exhibit B): In 1999, Costanza plead guilty to...
...Act (“CPA”) or the Anti-SLAPP law (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation), asking for judgment in our favor and for Plaintiff to pay our legal fees for bringing this lawsuit against...
...Defendants then filed a Motion to Dismiss under the Citizens Participation Act (“CPA”) or (“SLAPP”) claiming they were simply exercising their rights to petition government and the people in relation...
...the truthfulness of their reporting in our article on the lawsuit (here). A SLAPP suit, or Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation, “is aimed at preventing citizens from exercising their political...
...of FOIA Info —————————————————————————- SLAPP – Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation – This is what it is called when public officials attempt to file lawsuits claiming defemation/libel or anything else...
...pay for defense of a SLAPP. Ironically, this particular lawsuit appears on its face to be a SLAPP suit, filed to discourage people from participating in government, and as such,...
...such as Gone with the Wind — has lost the cockamamie SLAPP-style lawsuit that she filed last year against Hollywood producer Ryan Murphy and the FX Network for airing the...
...in the room, having conversations of interest to the public). OPPL board members and staffers such as the Library’s disgraced former spokesman Bridget Bittman routinely made inflammatory remarks or took...
