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Wigington v. MacMartin

Filing Date: 2021
Case Categories:
  • Climate Change Protesters and Scientists
    • Scientists
Principal Laws:
Interference with Prospective Economic Advantage, State Law—Defamation
Description: Defamation brought against climate scientist and other defendants in connection with statements made by the scientist in a fact-checking review of the plaintiff's YouTube video about climate engineering.
  • Wigington v. MacMartin
    Docket number(s): 2:21-cv-02355
    Court/Admin Entity: E.D. Cal.
    Case Documents:
    Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary
    08/31/2022 Order Download Motion to dismiss and anti-SLAPP motion to strike granted. California Federal Court Dismissed Defamation Case Against Climate Scientist Fact Checker. The federal district court for the Eastern District of California granted a climate scientist’s motion to dismiss a defamation action brought by a plaintiff who published a documentary on YouTube and Facebook promoting his belief that there “has been an intentional effort to dim direct sunlight through aircraft-dispersed particles.” In a third-party fact checker’s review of the documentary, the defendant climate scientist referred to the documentary’s claims as “pure fantasy.” The court concluded it did not have personal jurisdiction over the defendant, who was a senior research associate at Cornell University in New York. The court also granted the defendant’s special motion to strike under California’s anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) law and awarded the defendant fees and costs.
    04/08/2022 Reply Download Reply memorandum filed by defendant in support of motion to dismiss and motion to strike.
    03/18/2022 Opposition Download Memorandum filed in opposition to motion to dismiss.
    02/04/2022 Notice Download Plaintiff withdrew motion to remand to state court.
    01/28/2022 Opposition Download Opposition filed to motion to remand.
    01/24/2022 Motion to Dismiss Download Memorandum of points and authorities filed in support of motion to dismiss.
    01/14/2022 Motion Download Memorandum filed in support of motion to remand.
  • Wigington v. MacMartin
    Docket number(s): 198510
    Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
    Case Documents:
    Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary
    11/05/2021 Complaint Download Complaint filed.

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