Newspapers and Magazines (1991)

"More Developers SLAPP Lawsuits Against Citizen Groups," Westchester Rockland Newspapers, January 6, 1991 (by Tom Andersen).

"Suits Against Citizens Groups Scrutinized," Winterhaven Ledger, January 13, 1991 (by Lynn N. Duke).

"On Green Extremism...Backlash Against Alar Alarmists," Daily Journal, January 24, 1991 (Editorial, from the Wall Street Journal).

"Activists Upset by SLAPP Suit," Telegram-Tribune (San Luis Obispo County, California), January 31, 1991 (by Dave Wilcox).

"SLAPP Happy: Developers Weigh Lawsuits' Wisdom," Daily Journal, January 31, 1991 (by Susan Dianne Rice).

"1990 Legislative Wrap-Up," First Amendment/SB2313 (Lockyer), ACLU News, January-February 1991.

"Tahoe Developer Sued Over Resort Squabble: Resident Says He Was Muzzled by a Lawsuit," San Francisco Chronicle, February 27, 1991 (by George Marshall).

"SLAPP Damages Upheld by Appeal Court: Bay Area Developer Loses Libel Suit Against Citizen Group for Initiative Campaign," Daily Journal, February 27, 1991 (by Susan Dianne Rice).

"Developer's SLAPP Suit Called 'Repugnant,'" The Recorder, February 27, 1991 (by Mark Cursi).

"Tahoe Builders Punched for SLAPPing Activists," Daily Journal, February 28, 1991 (by Dolores Ziegler).

"Is It Free Speech or Interference Tort?: Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation," Los Angeles Daily Journal, February 28, 1991, (by Susan Seager).

"SLAPPing Lawsuits on Your New Neighbors," Student Litigator, Vol. I, No. 2, Winter 1991 (by Randall Harris).

"SLAPP Suits Called a Threat to Politics of Democracy," Contra Costa Times, March 11, 1991 (by Daniel Borenstein).

"SLAPPing Back: Developers Who Invoke the Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation Should Beware: Increasingly, Defendants Are Returning the Favor," California Business, March 1991 (by William Fulton and Morris Newman), pp. 22-23.

"Survey Unearths Fear, Threats of Lawsuits," Florida Environments, March 1991 (by Michael McClelland).

"Lawsuits Aim to Silence Public," Chicago Tribune, March 24, 1991 (by James Coates).

"Lawsuits Raise Questions of Rights vs. Intimidation," Knoxville, TN News Sentinel, March 24, 1991 (by Jim Balloch).

"Activists at Risk of Being SLAPPed: A New Legal Tactic is Intimidating Environmentalists -- and Stirring Constitutional Concerns," Sports Illustrated, March 25, 1991 (by Robert H. Boyle).

"Veggie Libel Bill Called Part of Chilling Trend: Businesses Silencing Citizen Gripes with Suits," Denver Post, March 25, 1991 (by James Coates).

"Disparaging Citizens' Rights," Denver Post, March 27, 1991 (Editorial).

"Developer's Tax Lawsuit Dismissed as Frivolous," New York Law Journal, Vol 205, April 2, 1991 (by Cerisse Anderson).

"1st Amendment Under Assault," Sacramento Bee Final, April 8, 1991 (by Dan Walters).

"Developer's Suit Is Ruled Retaliatory," New York Times, April 14, 1991 (by Tessa Melvin).

"New Tool of Developers and Others Quells Private Opposition to Projects," New York Times, April 26, 1991 (by Katerine Bishop).

Everyone's Backyard, The Journal of Citizen's Clearinghouse for Hazardous Wastes, Inc., Vol. 9, No. 2, April, 1991, page 13.

"Uncivil Suits," Technology Review, April, 1991, (by Tobi Lipin).

"Tide Turns for Targets of SLAPP Lawsuits," Los Angeles Times, May 3, 1991 (by Philip Hager).

"Suit Claims Developer Abused Law," Knoxville News-Sentinel, May 4, 1991 (by Jim Balloch).

"Firms SLAPPing Down Critics," Dallas Morning News, May 5, 1991 (by Bruce Nichols).

"Curb Lawsuits That Attack Free Speech," USA Today, May 6, 1991 (Editorial).

"Be Wary of Curbs on Legitimate Suits," USA Today, May 6, 1991 (by Jesse Hill Ford), An Opposing View.

"Voices: Do You Think Businesses and Government Have a Right to Sue Their Critics?" USA Today, May 6, 1991.

"Rohnert Park SLAPP Suit Ends in Bizarre Literary Venture; Doue Told: Make Books, Not Trials," California Real Estate Journal, May 15, 1991, page 13 (by William D. Langbein).

"SLAPP's," Governing, May, 1991.

"Shut Up, Or I'll Sue You," Governing, May 1991 (by Rob Gurwitt).

"SLAPPing Back," Planning, June 1991 (by Gary Enos).

"Business vs. Activists - In Court," Philadelphia Inquirer, June 16, 1991 (by John J. Fried).

"Anti-SLAPP Decision Is Wiped Out," Daily Journal, June 21, 1991 (by Philip Carrizosa).

"At the Bar," New York Times, June 21, 1991 (by David Margolick).

"An `Epidemic' of Intimidation Lawsuits," San Francisco Examiner, June 23, 1991, (by Rob Gurwitt).

"How a Candyman Roared and Left His Mark on a State's Bar," Los Angeles Daily Journal, June 24, 1991 (by David Margolick).

"Community Groups Protected by Ruling: SLAPP Suit by Club Developer Dismissed," Los Angeles Daily Journal, June 25, 1991 (by Daniel Wise).

"Nightclub Fined for Suing Foes in Community," New York Times, June 26, 1991, (by Ronald Sullivan).

"Firm Accused of Harassing Residents," Los Angeles Daily Journal, June 28, 1991 (by James Evans).

"Nader Suits Up To Strike Back Against 'Slapps'," Wall Street Journal, July 9, 1991 (by Stephanie Simon).

"The High Price of Ideals," Woman's Day, July 1991 (by Tom Clavin).

"U.S. Judges Can Shift Legal Bill for Court Abuse," Denver Post, July 1991 (by Knight-Rider News Service).

"Nader Calls SLAPP Suits Blatant Attempts by Corporations to Bully Citizens Into Silence," Corporate Crime Reporter, Monday July 15, 1991.

"Developer Suit Against Critic is Dismissed," Los Angeles Times, July 30, 1991, (by Michael Connelly).

"Fern Growers Sue Water Critics in South Putnam," Florida Times Union, July 31, 1991, (by Dana Treen).

"Farmers Fight Off the New Valley Land Rush," Daily Journal, August 6, 1991, (by Diane Keaton).

"SLAPP Bar Calls Work a `Crusade,'" Daily Journal, August 6, 1991, (by Diane Keaton).

"SLAPP Suits," High Gear, The Bridgeton Rotary Bulletin, Bridgeton, New Jersey, August 8, 1991, (by Daniel H. Erickson).

"Slapp Happy," Playboy, August 1991.

"SLAPP Suits," Daily Journal, September 9, 1991.

"Journalist Reporting on Dioxin Studies Sued for Libel by Scientist. Critics Say Suit is Meant to Intimidate", Corporate Crime Reporter, Vol 5, No. 34, September 9, 1991.

"SLAPP in the Face," Countryside, September, 1991, (by Michael Goodwin).

"Boston Aquarium Countersues Activists," Wall Street Journal, September 18, 1991, (by Stephen J. Adler).

"The High Price," Woman's Day, September 24, 1991, (by Thomas Clavin).

"A SLAPP in the Face--And a Slap Back," San Francisco Chronicle, September 24, 1991, (by Karl Olson).

"Let Them Speak," San Diego Union, October 2, 1991, (editorial).

"Milestone Award Upheld by Court," Los Angeles Times, October 4, 1991, (by Philip Hager).

"Cotton Giant Appeal Denied," Sacramento Bee, October 5, 1991.

"High Court Deals Blow to Boswell: Farming Giant Must Pay Millions to Kern Growers," Bakersfield Californian, October 5, 1991, (by Rob Walters).

"Little Guys Win in Court," Bakersfield Californian, October 5, 1991, (editorial).

"Slap Down the SLAPP Suits," San Jose Mercury News, October 6, 1991, (editorial).

"A Slap At SLAPP Suits is a Signature Away," Recorder, October 7, 1991, (commentary by Karl Olson and Erin Daly).

"Frivolous Lawsuits Can Be Stopped," Argus, October 7, 1991, (editorial).

"An Attack on Public Debate," Press-Telegram, October 8, 1991, (editorial).

"Five Bills the Governor Should Sign," Los Angeles Times, October 9, 1991, (editorial).

"Protect Open Debate," Contra Costa Times, October 9, 1991, (editorial).

"Putting a Stop to Unfair Suits," San Francisco Chronicle, October 9, 1991, (editorial).

"Stopping SLAPPs," Pasadena Star News, October 9, 1991, (editorial).

"Slapping Back at SLAPP Suits," Sacramento Bee, October 9, 1991, (editorial).

"Citizens Who Dissent," Santa Barbara News-Press, October 11, 1991, (editorial).

"Slap Down Those SLAPP Suits," San Francisco Business Times, October 11, 1991, (editorial).

"SLAPP Back," San Francisco Examiner, October 14, 1991, (editorial).

"Veto of SLAPP Limits Legislation Ensures Demise of a Favored Bill," Los Angeles Daily Journal, October 16, 1991, (by Tom Dresslar).

"Korn calls countersuit a SLAPP," Telluride Times-Journal, October 17, 1991, (by Lynn Helnisch).

"Defeat for Open Debate," Contra Costa Times, October 21, 1991, (editorial).

"Free Speech and Women Both Lost," Argus, October 21, 1991, (editorial).

"It's a Deukmejian in Sheep's Clothing," Sacramento Daily Journal, October 21, 1991, (by Tom Dresslar).

"Witness Calls Case Against Doctor a SLAPP," Las Vegas Review-Journal, November 8, 1991, (by Steve Papinchak).

"Builder Sues 8 in Telluride Who Battle Development," Rocky Mountain News, November 11, 1991, (by Joe Garner).

"Slander or SLAPP? Developer Sues Critic," Seattle Times, November 14, 1991, (by Katherine Long).

"Stop the Greens: Business Fights Back by Hook or by Crook," E Magazine, November/December 1991, (by Eve Pell).

"Jury Awards Doctor $9.8 Million," Las Vegas Review-Journal, November 26, 1991, (by Steve Papinchak).

"A Blow for Freedom," Las Vegas Review-Journal, November 27, 1991, (editorial).

"Legal Defense Fund Defends `SLAPP Suits,'" In Brief, (A Quarterly Newsletter on Environmental Law of the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund), Autumn 1991.

"Supreme Court Case Will Decide SLAPP's Future," Florida Environments, December 1991.

"SLAPPed by a Corporate Lawsuit? SLAPP Back," Harrowsmith Country Life, November/December 1991, (by Jim Stiak).

"Open Debate `SLAPPs' Shut," Atlanta Constitution, December 3, 1991 (editorial).

"District to Critics: You Could Be Sued," Denver Post, December 14, 1991, (by Ginny McKibben).

"Ferngrowers' Water Lawsuit Dismissed," Daytona News Journal, December 17, 1991, (by Denise O'Toole).

"No, Not That Kind of Parental Involvement," Las Vegas Review-Journal, December 20, 1991, (editorial).

"Bowie Activist Returns Fire by Suing Developer," Washington Post, December 23, 1991, (by Paul Duggan).


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