GARABEDIAN v. WESTLAND

No. 01-P-1309.

59 Mass. App. Ct. 427 (2003)

JOHN H. GARABEDIAN v. MARY WESTLAND & others (and three companion cases).

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

September 26, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John O. Mirick (Patrica L. Davidson with him) for John H. Garabedian.

Jonathan Shapiro for Michael Johnston.

Barry A. Bachrach for Board of Selectmen of Southborough.

Gary S. Brackett for Mary Westland.

Present: PORADA, KASS, & GREENBERG, JJ.


KASS, J.

At the center of four actions that were consolidated for trial is a controversy over whether John H. Garabedian could maintain and expand an airplane hangar and a landing strip — facilities he described in a letter as "my private airport" — as an accessory use customarily incidental and subordinate to his residence. The parties also dispute whether G. L. c. 231, § 59H (the "anti-SLAPP" statute), is applicable to Garabedian's complaint for...

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