California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Corzac, Inc. v. City of S.F., A135767 (Cal. App. 2013):
the claim.' [Citation.]" (Oasis West Realty, LLC v. Goldman (2011) 51 Cal.4th 811, 819-820 [Oasis West].) Only a cause of action that arises from protected speech or petitioning and lacks even minimal merit is subject to being stricken under the anti-SLAPP statute. (Id. at p. 820.)
We review an order granting or denying an anti-SLAPP motion to strike de novo. (Oasis West, supra, 51 Cal.4th at p. 820.) "In considering the pleadings and supporting and opposing declarations, we do not make credibility determinations or compare the weight of the evidence. Instead, we accept the opposing party's evidence as true and evaluate the moving party's evidence only to determine if it has defeated the opposing party's evidence as a matter of law. [Citation.]" (Albanese v. Menounos (2013) 218 Cal.App.4th 923, 928-929.)
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