California Anti-SLAPP Project


Bibliography on SLAPPs

Newspapers and Magazines (1992)


"Worcester Sues Group Questioning Airport Plan," Boston Globe, January 7, 1992, (by Ross Gelbspan).

"Another Bid to Regulate SLAPP," San Mateo Times and Daily News Leader, Advance Star, January 8, 1992, (editorial).

"Punitive Suits Cast Chill on Public Dissent," San Francisco Weekly, January 8, 1992, (editorial).

"Manteca Lawsuit: Bay Guardian Charged Over JOA Opposition," San Francisco Bay Guardian, January 8, 1992, (editorial).

"Countersuit by Developer Seen as Move to Silence Foes," Courier-Journal, Louisville, KY, January 26, 1992, (by Andrew Wolfson).

"Professor: SLAPPbacks Could End Frivolous Suits," Poughkeepsie Journal, February 4, 1992, (by Grace Hobson).

"Protecting the Public from SLAPPs," San Francisco Bay Guardian, February 19, 1992, (editorial).

"Court Upholds Libel Suit Dismissal: Developers Fail in Bid to Pursue Critics in Amherst," Buffalo News, February 19, 1992 (by Dick Dawson).

"Activist's Suits Come to Trial," Wantagh-Seaford The Citizen, February 27, 1992, (by Paul Larson).

"Short Day in Court for Builder, Activist," Newsday, February 28, 1992, (by Alvin E. Bessent).

"And Then There Was Just One," Newsday, March 1, 1992, (by Paul Vitello).

"ACLU Condemns Attack on Civil Rights Litigation," Civil Liberties, The Newsletter of the ACLU of Wisconsin, Vol. 28, No. 3 (Winter): p.1.

"Cutting Down on Intimidation," Los Angeles Times, March 10, 1992, (editorial).

"The Big Chill," Westword, March 11, 1992, (by Mike McGrath).

"Stop the Greens: Business Fights Back by Hook or by Crook," Muckraker: Journal of the Center for Investigative Reporting, Spring 1992, reprinted from E Magazine, November/December 1991, (by Eve Pell).

"Citizen Activism Under Attack: Lawsuits Used to Silence Critics," New Citizen, Spring, 1992, (by Wally Bowen).

"Fern Growers Lawsuit Against Citizens Thwarted," Daytona News Journal, April 1, 1992, (by Denise O'Toole).

"SLAPP" Suits: An Assault on the Right to Petition the Government," Florida Bar Journal, March 1992, (by Paul H. Amundsen and Darren A. Schwartz).

"Cutting Down on Intimidation," Los Angeles Times, March 10, 1992, (editorial).

"Lawsuits as Weapons: How Some Developers Use the Courts to Silence Opponents," Boston Sunday Globe, May 10, 1992, (by Matt Carroll).

"A Pair of Firsts: SLAPP Suits Continue in High Gear," National Law Journal, May 18, 1992, (by Andrew Blum).

"Targets of Protesters File Suits for Silence," Raleigh News & Observer, May 23, 1992, (by Jane Ruffin).

"SLAPP-ed Into Silence: Under Threat of Costly Lawsuits from Developers, Critics Back Off," Miami Herald, May 25, 1992, (by Pamela Ferdinand).

"SLAPP Back, People," Miami Herald, May 29, 1992, (editorial).

"SLAPP-Happy Suits Filed Nationwide," Nimby News, Spring, 1991, (editorial).

"SLAPP at Free Speech," Raleigh News & Observer, June 1, 1992, (editorial).

"Tort Case as Gag Device," National Law Journal, June 15, 1992 (by Ronald K.L. Collins).

"SLAPPed with Suit, Silenced: Community Gadfly Taken to Court by a Md. Developer," New Journal, June 22, 1992 (by Carolyn Lewis).

"It's Time to Curb SLAPP Suits," Albany Times Union, June 27, 1992, (editorial).

"Silencing the Opposition Gets Harder," New York Times Metro, July 2, 1992, (by Diana Jean Schemo).

"Legal Maneuver Designed to Rob Americans of Rights," Wilmington News Journal, July 3, 1992, (editorial).

"Do Suits to Silence Political Critics Put Gag on Free Speech?" Sacramento Bee, July 7, 1992, (by Claire Cooper).

"Swatting Back at SLAPPs: A Good Albany Bill Protects Citizen Activists," Buffalo News, July 12, 1992, (editorial).

"Judge Dismisses 'SLAPP' Suit Brought by Developer," Enterprise, July 24, 1992, (AP).

"SLAPP Suit Deserved to Get Swatted in Court," Sun Chronicle, Attleboro, MA, July 26, 1992, (by Ned Bristol, editorial column).

"Get SLAPPed? SLAPP Back!" Utne Reader, July\August, 1992, by Helen Cordes.

"SLAPP Back!: A New Weapon for the Citizen Advocate," Buzzworm: The Environmental Journal, July/August, 1992, (by Catherine Dold).

"Cuomo Signs Package to Conserve Energy," Buffalo News, August 6, 1992, (by Michael Hill, AP).

"Cuomo Signs Bill to Deter SLAPP Lawsuits," New York Law Journal, August 6, 1992, (by Gary Spencer).

"Suits Camouflage Brute Intimidation," Miami Herald, August 16, 1992, (by Fred Grimm).

"Suing to Squelch: A New Way to Keep Activists Quiet," Washington Post, August 16, 1992, (by Robert D. Richards).

"Stopping SLAPP Suits," Sacramento Bee, August 26, 1992, (editorial).

"After Five Years, Heated Controversy Persists in Science Copyright Case," Scientist, September 14, 1992, (by Ron Kaufman).

"Bill to Limit Frivolous Lawsuits Signed: Measure Described as 'A Fair Way to Avoid Abuses of Legal System," San Francisco Chronicle, September 17, 1992, (Associated Press).

"New Law to Put Limits on SLAPP Lawsuits," West County Times, September 17, 1992.

"Governor Signs Measure to Curb SLAPP Suits," Daily Journal, September 18, 1992, (by Tom Dresslar).

"Governor OKs Limits on SLAPP Lawsuits," Oakland Tribune, September 18, 1992, (by Kathleen Z. McKenna).

"New Law Might Have Screened Suit Against Environmentalist," West County Times, September 18, 1992, (by Willy Morris).

"Builders' SLAPP-Happy Suits are on the Way Out in This State," Argus, September 18, 1992.

"Businesses SLAPP Down Their Critics," Casper (WY) Star Tribune, September 20, 1992, (by Charles Levendosky).

"Thousands Have Been Sued Into Silence," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, September 20, 1992, (by Tim Poor).

"Was Environmentalist SLAPPed?: Richmond Man Sues Sanitary District Over Free Speech Rights," Oakland Tribune, September 21, 1992, (by Susan Stern).

"How Big-Business Bullies Try to Squash Regular Folks Like You," National Enquirer, September 29, 1992, (by James McCandlish).

"SLAPP and SLAPP Back," Recorder, September 29, 1992, (by Todd Woody).

"Don't Get SLAPPed Around: Land Trusts Win with Foresight, Guts," On Saving Land: A Newsletter for California Land Trusts, September/October 1992 (by Serena Herr).

"Protecting the Environment Through Public Interest Law," Atlanta Lawyer, Third Quarter 1992, (by Douglas P. Haines).

"Project Foe SLAPPed With Lawsuit," Seattle Times, October 1, 1992, (by Katherine Long).

"LaPointe is Ruled Winner in Rights Case," West County Times, October 7, 1992, (by Willy Morris).

"Activist Wins Civil Rights Suit," Oakland Tribune, October 7, 1992, (by Marie Felde).

"Jury Finds SLAPP Suit Violated Activist's Rights," Recorder, October 7, 1992, (by Todd Woody).

"Activist Wins Landmark SLAPP-Back," Daily Journal, October 7, 1992, (by Rex Bossert).

"Sewer Agency Must Pay Richmond Man $205,100: Damages for Suit Against Environmentalist," San Francisco Chronicle, October 9, 1992, (by Jim Doyle).

"Jury Awards LaPointe $205,000 for Damages," West County Times, October 9, 1992, (by Willy Morris).

"Richmond Man Wins SLAPP Case," Oakland Tribune, October 9, 1992, (by Brett Mahoney).

"Striking Back at the Dreaded SLAPP," The National Law Journal, October 12, 1992, pp. 1, 14. (George Pring and Penelope Canan).

"Agency's Alleged SLAPP Action Against Activists Thrown Out," San Francisco Daily Journal, October 20, 1992, (by Susan Seager).

"Protecting the Environment Through Public Interest Law," Atlanta Lawyer, Third Quarter, 1992, (by Douglas Haines).

"Activists Oppose `SLAPP' Suits," University Herald, November 18, 1992, (by Randy Beam).

"Durand Farm Suit is Unfair," Atlanta Constitution, December 8, 1992, (editorial).

"SLAPP Suits Can Put 'Chill' On Public Participation," Audubon Activist, December 1992, (by Catherine Dold).


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