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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Hoffman v. Davenport-Metcalf, 851 A.2d 1083 (2004)

Citation
Hoffman v. Davenport-Metcalf, 851 A.2d 1083 (2004)
Parent Document
Hoffman v. Davenport-Metcalf, 851 A.2d 1083 (2004)
Jurisdiction
Rhode Island (state)
Effective Date
2004-06-21

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For the reasons stated in the Court's opinion, the claims at issue in this case are deficient in other respects, making it unnecessary for us to decide that the anti-SLAPP statute does not bar these claims because, as the majority concludes, the defendants' challenged actions did not raise genuine issues of public concern. When the plaintiffs failed to show a sufficient factual and legal predicate for their complaint against their landlord and property manager, the Superior Court properly dismissed the complaint on summary judgment. In this context, the majority's narrow construction of the anti-SLAPP statute's scope is obiter dictum. Thus, because we have no need to decide whether the anti-SLAPP statute bars these claims, I would refrain from passing on that potentially delicate and more difficult question. NOTES [1] The parties waived oral argument.