SLAPP: 569 East County Boulevard Unpublished Decision Now Published

 

Dealt With Fee Award Of $30,752.86 On SLAPP Motion, Although $152,529.15 Requested.

    On May 20, 2016, we posted on 569 East County Boulevard LLC v. Backcountry Against the Dump, a Fourth District, Division One unpublished decision which affirmed a SLAPP fee award in favor of a prevailing defendant, with defendant only obtaining $30,752.86 out of the requested $152,529.15 in fees.  The fee award was reduced, among other things, based on a high hourly rate for attorneys, work not causally related to the SLAPP motion, and some excessive time.  We can now report that the decision was certified for publication on June 16, 2016.