Real Estate/Development,
Civil Rights
Aug. 30, 2022
Tenants picketing over eviction is public issue covered by anti-SLAPP
“The Court of Appeal erred in holding that the demonstration outside Geiser’s home did not constitute speech in connection with a public issue under the anti-SLAPP statute’s catchall provision,” Justice Goodwin H. Liu wrote for the unanimous court.
The state Supreme Court unanimously voted on Monday to reverse a 2nd District Court of Appeal judgment in a long-running anti-SLAPP case, ruling in favor of respondents who picketed a real estate flipper’s business and residence in protest of an eviction order.
Plaintiff Gregory Geiser, CEO of property flipping company Wedgewood LLC, originally brought the suit against evicted tenants Mercedes and Pablo Caamal, who led protests at Geiser’s...
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