A federal judge has dismissed a defamation suit against real estate attorney Adam Leitman Bailey for accusing opponents of a proposed Islamic center in lower Manhattan of bigotry in court filings.
District of Columbia Judge Barbara Rothstein ruled last week in Forras v. Rauf, 1:12-cv-00282, that the suit is barred by the District of Columbia’s law against strategic lawsuits against public participation, known as SLAPP suits. The anti-SLAPP law is intended to prevent people from using lawsuits to suppress public speech on issues of public interest.
