Tuesday, December 10, 2019

No extra pages for you!

In this published anti-SLAPP opinion from 2/4's Justice Manella, there's a final section that has particular zing:
The District contends this matter should be remanded to the trial court with instructions to rehear the anti-SLAPP motion after the District files a longer opposition brief, arguing the court abused its discretion in denying the District leave to include an additional nine pages. The District concedes it could not find any published authority reviewing the denial of such leave. The District falls far short of showing error, and farther short of showing prejudice. The District’s briefs on this appeal -- in which we review the trial court’s decision de novo -- span 100 pages. Nothing in them suggests that an extra nine pages below would have made a difference.