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735 ILCS 110/1 (2026)

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(735 ILCS 110/1)
    Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Citizen Participation Act.
(Source: P.A. 95-506, eff. 8-28-07.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 57 cases (15 in the last 5 years), 2010–2026 · leading case: Wright Dev. Grp., LLC v. Walsh, 939 N.E.2d 389 (Ill. 2010).
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Wright Dev. Grp., LLC v. Walsh, 939 N.E.2d 389 (Ill. 2010). · cites it 6× “In this appeal, we are asked if defendant John Walsh's statement to a reporter *391 made during a public forum inside an alderman's office was immunized from a defamation lawsuit under the Citizen Participation Act (735 ILCS 110/1 et seq. (West 2008)). The trial court found the…”
Mauvis-Jarvis v. Wong, 2013 IL App (1st) 120070 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). · cites it 3× “In these motions, they argued that Mauvais- Jarvis’ defamation claims were barred by absolute privilege and by the Illinois Citizen Participation Act (735 ILCS 110/1 et seq. (West 2008)). Defendants Oeser, Wong and Levine also argued that the civil conspiracy claims against them…”
Kainrath v. Grider, 2018 IL App (1st) 172270 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). · cites it 3× “Defendants now appeal from the denial of their motion for summary judgment, in which they claimed protection under the Citizen Participation Act (Act) ( 735 ILCS 110/1 et seq. (West 2014) ), our state's anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation) act.”
Garrido v. Arena, 2013 IL App (1st) 120466 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). · cites it 3× “After losing the election, plaintiff filed this defamation lawsuit, but the circuit court dismissed the case under the Citizen Participation Act (735 ILCS 110/1 et seq. (West 2010)). We reverse and remand.”
Sandholm v. Kuecker, 962 N.E.2d 418 (Ill. 2012). · cites it 2× “¶ 1 At issue in this appeal is the applicability of the Citizen Participation Act (Act) (735 ILCS 110/1 et seq. (West 2008)), commonly referred to as the anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation) statute, to a lawsuit alleging intentional torts based on…”
Sandholm v. Kuecker, 2012 IL 111443 (Ill. 2012). “Citizen Participation Act ¶ 33 In August 2007, Illinois joined more than 20 other states1 in enacting anti-SLAPP legislation, in the form of the Citizen Participation Act (735 ILCS 110/1 et seq. (West 2008)). The term “SLAPP” was coined by two professors at the University of…”
Helping Others Maintain Env't Standards v. Bos, 941 N.E.2d 347 (Ill. App. Ct. 2010). “Plaintiffs argue that we should dismiss Bos’s appeal pursuant to the Citizen Participation Act (Act) (735 ILCS 110/1 et seq. (West 2008)). The purpose of the Act is to counter “ ‘Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation’ ” (SLAPPs), which have been used “as a means of…”
Hytel Grp., Inc. v. Butler, 938 N.E.2d 542 (Ill. App. Ct. 2010). “Butler filed two motions to dismiss the complaint, one based on section 2 — 615 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Code) (735 ILCS 5/2 — 615 (West 2008)) and the other premised on the Citizen Participation Act (Act) (735 ILCS 110/1 et seq. (West 2008)), which provides a procedure…”
Intercon Solutions, Inc. v. Basel Action Network, 969 F. Supp. 2d 1026 (N.D. Ill. 2013). “See 735 ILCS 110/1 et seq; Sandholm, 356 Ill.”
August v. Hanlon, 2012 IL App (2d) 111252 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012). · cites it 2× “Accordingly, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed in part and reversed in part and the cause is remanded for further proceedings.”
Sandholm v. Kuecker, 942 N.E.2d 544 (Ill. App. Ct. 2010). “The trial court dismissed plaintiffs complaint upon finding that the Citizen Participatian Act (Act) (735 ILCS 110/1 et seq. (West 2008)) provided defendants immunity from the claims alleged by plaintiff.”
Prakash v. Parulekar, 2020 IL App (1st) 191819 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “ased under the terms of his settlement agreement, (2) section 2-619(a)(9) of the Code (735 ILCS 5/2-619(a)(9) (West 2016)), because plaintiff’s attempt to sue defendant for reporting him to the federal government constituted retaliation against defendant for engaging in his…”
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