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Government

Sep. 28, 2002

Suit by Davis Over Ad Is Ruled a SLAPP

SAN FRANCISCO - A state appellate court says Gov. Gray Davis illegally used the courts to squelch the free speech rights of an anonymous taxpayer group that criticized his handling of the state's energy crisis in a television ad.

By Peter Blumberg
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - A state appellate court says Gov. Gray Davis illegally used the courts to squelch the free speech rights of an anonymous taxpayer group that criticized his handling of the state's energy crisis in a television ad.
        The 1st DCA unanimously held Wednesday that a suit filed by D...

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