Confusing Gluttony for Gandhi

Animal Legal Defense Fund v. LT Napa Partners LLC, No. A139625 (D1d5 Mar. 5, 2015)

Kind of a head-scratcher. Defendant allegedly served foie gras in violation of California’s ban by pretending it offer it as a “gift” in connection with other ordering other food. Plaintiff sued for violation of the ban. Defendant filed an anti-SLAPP motion, arguing that its actions were expressive activity protected by the statute because they were undertaken with the intention of protest against the foie gras ban. The trial court denied it.