Court Dismisses Defamation Suit In Election for Radio Station Board
Anti-SLAPP law protects speech in member’s campaign on public issue
An appellate court in California has affirmed dismissal of a defamation claim against a candidate for election to the board of a nonprofit radio station who had charged that termination of African-American employees was a form of “ethnic cleansing.” The Court said that the speech was protected under the state’s anti-SLAPP law, limiting Strategic Litigation Against Public Policy. (Borgstrom v. Siegel, Ct. of App., CA, First Dist., Div. 1, No. A130331, 1/6/12.)
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