Episcopal Church Cases
In a related case involving the same parties, the trial court granted the defendants anti-SLAPP suit motion and dismissed the plaintiffs lawsuit. A request for attorney fees by defendants followed, and about $100,000 in total fees and costs were awarded.
The plaintiffs have appealed. As we explain (at great length) in the published opinion from the appeal of the judgment of dismissal, the plaintiffs have a meritorious case and the anti-SLAPP suit motion should never have been granted. (See generally Episcopal Church Cases (June, 2007, G036096, G036408, G036868) Cal.App.4th. Accordingly, the order premised on the loss of the anti-SLAPP suit motion must be reversed. Appellants are to recover their costs on appeal.
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