California Tentative Rulings
Defendants Alan Norton, Steve Speach, Christopher Mason, Ed Grasso, and Herbert Lee’s Special Motion to Strike Defendants Alan Norton, Steve Speach, Christopher Mason, Ed Grasso, and Herbert Lee move pursuant to Civil Procedure Code § 425.16 to strike Plaintiff August...
The Court, having taken the matter under submission on 03/18/2019, now rules as follows: Defendants The California Catholic Conference, Inc. and The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Los Angeles’ Special Motion to Strike Complaint (joined by The Roman Catholic Bishop of...
ORIGINAL TENTATIVE ISSUED FOR DEC. 6, 2018 HEARING (MATTER THEN TAKEN UNDER SUBMISSION) FINAL RULING ISSUED JAN 7, 2019. Defendants’ Anti-SLAPP motions came on regularly for hearing on 12/6/18. In advance of the hearing this Court issued its tentative ruling....
DFT Shannon Beador’s Motion for Attorney Fees Defendant Shannon Beador seeks attorneys’ fees and costs in the amount of $220,894.55 against plaintiffs James Bellino and Jump Management Co., LLC pursuant to CCP section 425.16(c). Fees to a prevailing party on...
1.MOTION FOR SLAPP This is a defamation action in which Plaintiff is an attorney. Defendant is someone with whom he has an ongoing grudge. This is defendant’s special motion to strike. Defendant Brett Schulte is alleged to have authored “the...
Plaintiff’s Objections to evidence submitted in support of Defendants’, Newport Beach Aquatics Inc. and Dean Crow, Special Motion to Strike the 4th and 5th causes of action pursuant to CCP §425.16 are ruled on as follows: OVERRULE objections 1-11; SUSTAIN...
Defendants Morris Cerullo World Evangelism, Plaza Del Sol Real Estate Trust, Roger Artz’s Motion for Attorney Fees is GRANTED in part. Defendants Morris Cerullo World Evangelism (“MCWE”) and Plaza Del Sol Real Estate Trust (“PDSRET”) only shall recover $ 27,835...
Defendant David Dewyke’s Motion for Attorneys’ Fees Defendant David Dewyke moves for an award of attorneys’ fees following the court’s May 17, 2018 order granting in part and denying in part Defendant’s motion to strike portions of Plaintiffs Derek Worden...
The motion of Plaintiffs and Cross-Defendants Juan Manuel Murillo Guerrero and Edwin Yovani Murillo Ceja for an order awarding attorneys’ fees and costs as prevailing cross-defendants on a special motion to strike is GRANTED, but the Court reduces the award...
Cross-Defendants’ Special Motion to Strike is DENIED in its entirety. (See Code Civ. Proc. § 425.16). Cross-Defendants failed to meet their initial burden to demonstrate that the Third Cause of Action in the Cross-Complaint arose out of protected activities as...