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1204 The SLAPP statute may apply to actions arising from statements made during the course of political campaigns; statements characterizing as unethical a candidate's conduct of a private law practice while employed by the state were expressions of opinion and thus not subject to defamation liability.CitationBEILENSON v SUPERIOR COURT (Defamed Candidate) 44 CA4 944 [See: CCP 425.16; Dixon v Superior Court 30 CA4 733, T/AT 1/95; Wilcox v Superior Court 27 CA4 809, T/AT 9/94; Church v Wollersheim 42 CA4 628, T/AT 3/96; Averill v Superior Court 42 CA4 1170, T/AT 3/96]
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