What remedy does the anti-SLAPP statute give to a motion to strike a cause of action?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Briggs v. Eden Council for Hope and Opportunity, 19 Cal.4th 1106, 81 Cal.Rptr.2d 471, 969 P.2d 564 (Cal. 1999):
"The remedy authorized by the anti-SLAPP statute is a special motion to strike any cause of action which arises from an 'act of [the defendant] in [19 Cal.4th 1132] furtherance of the [defendant's] right of petition or free speech under the United States or California Constitution in connection with a public issue....' ( 425.16, subd. (b); see generally, Wilcox v. Superior Court (1994) 27 Cal.App.4th 809, 33 Cal.Rptr.2d 446.)
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