Legal Opinion

Steinmetz v. Coyle & Caron, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided June 29, 2017No. 16-1996PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

Prevented from building a new home in Cohasset, Massachusetts by the Cohasset Conservation Commission, plaintiffs John W. Steinmetz and Jane C. Steinmetz brought this lawsuit alleging state law claims of negligence, gross negligence, defamation, and violation of the Massachusetts consumer protection statute, Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93A. The defendant is Coyle & Caron, Inc., a Florida landscape design firm that was hired by the attorney representing the James Island Preservation Group, a neighborhood association formed to oppose the construction of the Stein-metzes’ proposed…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference v. Noerr Motor Freight, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1961
  2. United Mine Workers v. PenningtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  3. Godin v. SchencksCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2010
  4. Maillet v. ATF-Davidson Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
  5. Craig v. Everett M. Brooks Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967

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