Marchant Investment & Management Co. v. St. Anthony West Neighborhood Organization, Inc.

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• dismissing a developer's defamation claim against a neighborhood organization following the neighborhood organization’s anti-SLAPP motion
• finding federal, post -Milkovich considerations instructive and applying them to determine whether defendant’s statements constitute defamation; citing Ninth Circuit’s decision in Partington, 56 F3d at 1153
• finding federal, post-Milkovich consider- ations instructive and applying them to determine whether defendant’s statements constitute defamation; citing Ninth Circuit’s decision in Partington, 56 F3d at 1153
• “Speech that is properly categorized as parody, loosely figurative, or rhetorical is also constitutionally protected to ensure that public debate will not suffer for lack of imaginative expression and because this type of speech cannot be reasonably interpreted as stating actual facts.”

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