Legal Opinion
Gaudette v. Mainely Media, LLC
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided May 9, 2017No. Docket: Yor-15-550PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAlexander, J.
[¶ 1] Mainely Media, LLC, Molly Lovell-Keely, and Benjamin Meiklejohn (collectively, Mainely Media) appeal from an order of the Superior Court (York County, O’Neil, J.) denying their special motion to dismiss the complaint of Norman Gaudette and Joanne Gaudette pursuant to Maine’s anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) statute, 14 M.R.S. § 556 (2016). Because the anti-SLAPP statute does not apply to Mainely Media’s publication of the newspaper articles at issue in this case, we affirm the trial court’s order.
I. CASE HISTORY
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