Legal Opinion
Fisher v. Lint
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided June 19, 2007No. 06-P-1208PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMeade, J.
Asserting that disciplinary action was taken against him in retaliation for whistleblowing, the plaintiff State trooper David B. Fisher brought a complaint alleging, as against the present defendant State police Sergeant Bruce Lint, counts of intentional interference with advantageous relations, civil conspiracy, defamation (slander), and violations of State (G. L. c. 12, §§ 11H and 11I) and Federal (42 U.S.C. § 1983 [2000]) civil rights laws.2 Lint filed a special motion to dismiss under the *361“anti-SLAPP” statute, G. L. c. 231, § 59H, and also moved to dismiss on the basis of an absolute…
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- Correllas v. ViveirosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
- Duracraft Corp. v. Holmes Products Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
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