Legal Opinion
Moriarty v. Mayor of Holyoke
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided March 27, 2008No. 06-P-1554PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLenk, J.
A former employee of the city of Holyoke (city or Holyoke), Thomas Moriarty, filed suit against the mayor of Holyoke, Michael Sullivan (named both individually and as mayor); Nicholle Proulx, an assistant city solicitor (also named individually and as an agent of the city); and the city itself (collectively, the city defendants), alleging various tort, contract, and civil rights claims.2 The city defendants brought a special motion to dismiss pursuant to G. L. c. 231, § 59H (the “anti*443SLAPP” statute3), which the trial court judge denied. Arguing that the judge erred in denying them the…
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