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Illinois Supreme Court· 10/21/2010

Wright Development Group, LLC v. Walsh

Citations

  • 939 N.E.2d 389
  • 238 Ill. 2d 620
  • 345 Ill. Dec. 546
  • 2010 Ill. LEXIS 1537

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • discussing “SLAPP” lawsuits aimed at preventing citizens from exercising their political rights or punishing those who have done so
  • referring to the movant's motion variously as a \motion under the Act\ or as an \Act motion\
  • plaintiff’s defamation claim was meritless because defendant showed that allegedly defamatory statement was actually true
  • Plaintiff’s defamation claim was meritless because defendant showed that allegedly defamatory statement was actually true.
  • “[t]he purpose of the Act is to give relief, including monetary relief, to citizens who have been victimized by meritless, retaliatory SLAPP lawsuits”
  • complaint dismissed under the Act where defendant presented evidence that his allegedly defamatory statement was true

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Judges: Fitzgerald, Freeman

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