According to this report by Matthew van Buren in the Taos News, the New Mexico Supreme Court has agreed to hear Cordova v. Cline, a case involving the interpretation of New Mexico’s anti-SLAPP statute.
Arsenio Cordova, an former board member of the Taos Municipal Schools, sued several people, accusing them of civil conspiracy and malicious abuse of process for filing a recall petition against him in district court. The Court of Appeals held that the anti-SLAPP statute does not protect people who initiate judicial proceedings, like the recall petition in district court, but only those who participate in quasi-judicial meetings, such as those before boards or commissions.
You can read my earlier coverage of this case here, where I noted the anomalous and dubious results that could be caused by the Court of Appeals’ narrow interpretation of the anti-SLAPP statute.
