Burton H. Wolfe v. Ronald M. George, Chief Justice Deborah Silva

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• observing that “[j]ust as false statements are not immunized by the First Amendment right to freedom of speech, . . . baseless litigation is not immunized by the First Amendment right to petition”
• rejecting general vagueness challenge to the California vexatious litigant statute, which also uses the “reasonable probability” standard
• recognizing a “long 21 line of California decisions” upholding the constitutionality of Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 391’s 22 vexatious litigant statutory scheme on First and Fourteenth Amendment grounds and 23 “see[ing] no reason to disagree with them.”
• rejecting general vagueness challenge to the California vexatious litigant statute, which also uses the “reasonable probability” standard
• upholding California’s very similar vexatious litigant statute against constitutional challenges including due process and equal protection
• upholding California’s very similar vexatious litigant statute against constitutional challenges including due process and equal protection

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