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HILES v. EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF MASSACHUSETTS

437 Mass. 505 (2002)

JAMES R. HILES & another v. EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF MASSACHUSETTS & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

August 15, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Looney, Jr. (Charles P. Kindregan, Jr., with him) for Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts & others.

Clyde D. Bergstresser for Linda M. Hastie.

Stephen C. Hoctor for the plaintiffs.

Gregory S. Baylor, of Virginia, for Christian Legal Society & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., GREANEY, IRELAND, SPINA, COWIN, SOSMAN, & CORDY, JJ.

SPINA, J.

James R. Hiles, an Episcopal priest, and Lauretta R. Hiles, his wife, filed a sixteen-count amended complaint against the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts and others, alleging defamation, conspiracy, interference with contractual relations, civil rights violations, negligence, assault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and loss of consortium. On motions to dismiss filed under Mass. R. Civ. P. 12 (b) (1), (2), and (6), 365 Mass....

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