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To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (1267)3/20/2001 11:57:42 AM
From: ima_posta2   of 12465
 
Internet SLAPP victims are for the most part court-room pioneers as there are no scholarly works available for them to use in a legal brief. To my knowledge, our two Special Motions to Strike as a SLAPP are the first and only ones in Appellate Court whose concern is free speech on Internet Message Boards. Only if the Appellate ruling is a Published Opinion will it become precedent setting - and then only in California. Also, it will only cover whatever issue(s) the Appellate judges choose to address.

After 14 months of litigation, had the Federal Judge Ronald M. Whyte written a published opinion in dismissing Varian's, Felch's and Zdasiuk's frivolous Lanham Act claims, there would be a Federal precedent today protecting message board poster rights. He didn't; he is a George Bush appointee.
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