Consider this scenario: You have
selected a location for a small residential
development. You have conducted
market studies, prepared site
plans, and found a bank to finance
you. Finally, you are ready to submit
your plans to the local zoning
authority.
And then your worst nightmare
becomes reality: local citizens organize
a group to stop your development.
Suddenly, your name is plastered
on signs in front yards, on
bumper stickers, and in the editorial
page of the local paper. The zoning
hearing is being rescheduled from
city hall to the municipal auditorium
to hold the angry mobs. What
can you do?
SLAPP them. More and more
developers, faced with this situation,
are taking the offense and suing the
citizens who have organized