SLAPPs: Getting Sued for Speaking Out¶
Pring, & Canan. (1996). SLAPPs: Getting Sued for Speaking Out. Temple University Press.
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Domain-specific¶
- Ad Baculum (Appeal to Force)
- A well-resourced party sued by, or suing, a critic — a journalist, a community group opposing a development, a reviewer — files or threatens litigation whose purpose is not to prevail on the legal merits but to impose ruinous cost, delay, and stress until the target withdraws the disputed claim or falls silent
This sourceDefines SLAPPs as strategic lawsuits against public participation brought not to win on the merits but to intimidate critics from speaking out and to impose expense and delay.
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“could win, but because they wanted to {{{intimidate}}} peo- ple from speaking out in the future”
- A well-resourced party sued by, or suing, a critic — a journalist, a community group opposing a development, a reviewer — files or threatens litigation whose purpose is not to prevail on the legal merits but to impose ruinous cost, delay, and stress until the target withdraws the disputed claim or falls silent
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