Contreras v. Dowling’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 29 Cal. 4th 82 - Navellier v. Sletten · 50 Cal. 3d 205 - Silberg v. Anderson · 29 Cal. 4th 69 - City of Cotati v. Cashman · 39 Cal. 4th 299 - Flatley v. Mauro · 4 Cal. 4th 1187 - Rubin v. Green
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A strategic lawsuit against public participation ... is one which 'seeks to chill or punish a party's exercise of constitutional rights to free speech and to petition the government for redress of grievances.' " ( Contreras v. Dowling (2016) 5 Cal.App.5th 394 , 404, 208 Cal.Rptr.3d 707 ; see Shahbazian v. City of Rancho Palos Verdes (2017) 17 Cal.App.5th 823 , 829, 225 Cal.Rptr.3d 772 .) " Section 425.16 ... provides a procedural remedy to dispose of lawsuits that are brought to chill the valid exercise of constitutional rights.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“any ... conduct in furtherance of the exercise of the constitutional right of petition or the constitutional right of free speech in connection with a public issue or an issue of public interest.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[i]n deciding whether the 'arising from' requirement is met, a court considers 'the pleadings, and supporting and opposing affidavits stating the facts upon which the liability or defense is based.' ( § 425.16, subd. (b).)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.