Legal Opinion

Marabello v. Boston Bark Corp.

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided September 7, 2012PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGants, J.

The plaintiff, A. John Marabello, Sr. (Marabello), filed a complaint in the Superior Court alleging that the defend*395ant, Boston Bark Corporation (Boston Bark), committed a breach of a settlement agreement with the town of Concord (town) by failing to remove mulch from property owned by Marabello. Boston Bark filed a special motion to dismiss under G. L. c. 231, § 59H, popularly known as the “anti-SLAPP” (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) statute, see Duracraft Corp. v. Holmes Prods. Corp., 427 Mass. 156, 159-160 & n.7 (1998), contending that this claim was “intended to retaliate,…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Iannacchino v. Ford Motor Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
  2. Duracraft Corp. v. Holmes Products Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
  3. Fabre v. WaltonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
  4. Curtis v. Herb Chambers I-95, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
  5. Fabre v. WaltonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Blanchard v. Steward Carney Hospital, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2017
  2. Oxford Global Res., LLC v. HernandezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2018
  3. Town of Hanover v. New England Regional Council of CarpentersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
  4. Town of Madawaska v. Richard CayerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2014
  5. Blanchard v. Steward Carney Hospital, Inc.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 2016

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