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http://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/1997Q2/slapp.html
“In their investigation of the trend, Pring and Canan found that ‘filers of SLAPPs rarely win in court yet often 'win' in the real world, achieving their political agendas. We found that SLAPP targets who fight back seldom lose in court yet are frequently devastated and depoliticized and discourage others from speaking out--'chilled' in the parlance of First Amendment commentary’."
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