Is it proper for the trial court to rule on an anti-SLAPP motion and not consider the first amended complaint?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Eskenazi v. Devitt, B207543, B210107, No. BC373090 (Cal. App. 2010):

4. It was proper for the trial court to rule on the motion and not consider the first amended complaint. (Sylmar Air Conditioning v. Pueblo Contracting Services, Inc. (2004) 122 Cal.App.4th 1049 [the filing of an amended pleading does not render a pending anti-SLAPP motion moot].)

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