RECENT CALIFORNIA DECISIONS

December 2007

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Fourth District Court Holds Pre-Election Challenge to Eminent Domain Initiative Does Not Violate Anti-SLAPP Law
City of Riverside v. Stansbury, ___Cal.App.4th___

The Fourth District Court of Appeal reversed a trial court decision granting an anti-SLAPP motion, which was filed after the City of Riverside filed a lawsuit seeking declaratory relief regarding the constitutionality of a proposed initiative prior to the election. The proposed initiative would have limited Riverside’s eminent domain power.