An Oklahoma lawyer’s civil rights claim against a law firm was properly dismissed for failure to state a claim, because he didn’t allege the firm acted under the color of state law, the Tenth Circuit said.
But Christopher Barnett’s anti-SLAPP claim against Hall Estill Hardwick Gable Golden & Nelson PC under the Oklahoma Citizens Participation Act should have been remanded to state court, the opinion by Judge Harris L. Hartz said.
Barnett alleged that he was involved in a lawsuit in state court when two attorneys from Hall Estill falsely reported to the state attorney general that he made a ...
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