Is a party who partially prevails on an anti-SLAPP motion considered a prevailing party?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Nathan Enter.s Corp. v. Chaker, B216582, B22061C, No. BC385388 (Cal. App. 2010):
"[A] party who partially prevails on an anti-SLAPP motion must generally be considered a prevailing party unless the results of the motion were so insignificant that the party did not achieve any practical benefit from bringing the motion. The determination whether a party prevailed on an anti-SLAPP motion lies within the broad discretion of a trial court." (Mann v. Quality Old Time Service,
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