The Fifth Circuit "SLAPPs" Back: Immediate Appeal of Anti-SLAPP Motions under the Collateral Order Doctrine in Henry v. Lake Charles American Press, L.L.C.

Recent Development by William Brian London

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that a district court's denial of a special motion to strike is immediately appealable under the collateral order doctrine and that the plaintiff had failed to demonstrate a probability of success on the merits, reversing the district court's ruling. Henry v. Lake Charles American Press, L.L.C., 566 F.3d 164, 181-82 (5th Cir. 2009).


About the Author

William Brian London. J.D. candidate 2011, Tulane University School of Law; B.A. 2005, Rhodes College.

Citation

84 Tul. L. Rev. 1335 (2010)