MABEE v. ECKROTE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MAINE JEFFREY R. MABEE, et al. ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) 1:19-cv-00432-JDL ) JANET ECKROTE, et al. ) ) Defendants. ) ORDER ON DEFENDANTS’ SPECIAL MOTIONS TO DISMISS Jeffrey Mabee and Judith Grace, a married couple (collectively, the “Mabees”), bring this slander of title action against their neighbors, Janet and Richard Eckrote, asserting that the Eckrotes are claiming ownership of certain intertidal land on Penobscot Bay that belongs to the Mabees. The Eckrotes have filed Special Motions to Dismiss (ECF Nos. 8, 12) under Maine’s anti-SLAPP statute, 14…