SMW Defends Urban Growth Boundary Initiative and Stops City’s SLAPP Suit

October 7, 2001

The firm successfully defends against litigation by the City of Marina challenging an urban growth boundary initiative drafted by the firm and adopted by the City’s voters. The court holds that the City’s suit against the measure is an unlawful strategic lawsuit against public participation (“SLAPP”). (City of Marina v. Landwatch (2001).)