Sheldon P. KOTTLE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NORTHWEST KIDNEY CENTERS, Defendant-Appellee

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• noting that “[misrepresentations are a fact of life in politics,” and “lobbying is the sine qua non of democracy”
• stating that “intentional misrepresentation to government officials” is treated differently “outside of the political realm”
• Explaining a heightened pleading 6 standard is employed when determining whether fraud or misrepresentations deprived 7 court proceedings of their legitimacy.
• affirming the grant of a motion to dismiss premised 20 upon the Noerr-Pennington doctrine despite allegations of false statements
• explaining the circumstances where the “sham” exception to the Noerr-Pennington doctrine is applicable
• “litigation can be deemed a sham if a party’s knowing fraud upon, or its intentional misrepresentations to, the court deprive the litigation of its legitimacy”

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