Mealey's (February 9, 2022, 9:43 AM EST) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California law firm on Jan. 3 told a state appeals court it should affirm dismissal of an appeal by a citizen’s group in an underlying water rights case because the appellants failed to show that the law firm acted with malice in suing the appellants and the city of Weed, Calif., on behalf of a lumber company....