Mann v. National Review II
The Reporters Committee and 28 other news organizations filed an amicus brief with the District of Columbia Court of Appeals…
The Reporters Committee and 28 other news organizations filed an amicus brief with the District of Columbia Court of Appeals urging it to accept jurisdiction to hear an immediate appeal of the denial of a special motion to dismiss under the D.C. anti-SLAPP statute. This is the second time this case has come before this court. During the first round, the court dismissed the appeal as moot because defendants appealed a decision on the original complaint, but Mann had filed an amended complaint that superseded the first, and the lower court still hadn’t ruled on the motion to dismiss the amended complaint. The parties are now back in the Court of Appeals after the lower court denied defendants’ motion to dismiss the amended complaint.