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Criminal

Jun. 25, 2002

Court Tosses Suit Against Reporters

LOS ANGELES -A Superior Court judge has thrown out a lawsuit brought by two Los Angeles police officers against the Los Angeles Times reporters who broke the Rampart police corruption scandal in 1999.

        LOS ANGELES -A Superior Court judge has thrown out a lawsuit brought by two Los Angeles police officers against the Los Angeles Times reporters who broke the Rampart police corruption scandal in 1999.
        Judge Irving Feffer cited the state's anti-SLAPP statute in granting a special motion on Thursday to strike the libel claim against Times reporters Matt Lait and Scott Glover an...

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